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#77: Debunking myths about the brain

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Brain Size and Intelligence

No part of your brain is exclusively dedicated to artistic endeavours or mathematical reasoning. A few functions do seem to take place in only one hemisphere, such as language ability on the left. But lateralization develops gradually and in most, but not every individual. The size of your brain relative to your body size does give you certain advantages, but those advantages don't necessarily equate with, i would say, intelligence.

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