Sentences with phrase «absolute brain size»
First there is significant controversy over body size estimates and second recent work shows that absolute brain size is the best predictor for cognitive ability [32]--[33].
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As far as absolute brain size goes, humans don't have the largest brains in the animal kingdom; that privilege goes to whales.
As indicated by the study, there might be other factors apart from absolute brain size that are important for intelligence, such as neuronal density,» says Can Kabadayi, and continues:
«Absolute brain size is not the whole story.
Deaner says his findings support the hypothesis that absolute brain size matters more than brain size adjusted for body size.
Not exact matches
Absolute size is important, but it is usually regarded as less informative than relative size — the size of the brain as a fraction of the size of the body.
The absolute in brain size, however, caused changes in the brain case; for instance, the braincase is higher than in Homo habilis, but lower than in later hominin species.