brain size
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbrainandsize
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brain
noun
uk/breɪn/us/breɪn/
the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, ...
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size
noun
uk/saɪz/us/saɪz/
how large or small something or ...
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In both cases, we are looking at the intrinsic structure of changes inbrainsize, and at what factors might control them.
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Similar logic applies whenbrainsizeis considered in a broader, organismal, context.
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We show thatbrainsizeincreased significantly in two phases in their evolution.
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From such coevolution, "hominids developed differences from other primates, among them increasedbrainsizeand a supralaryngeal vocal tract" (199).
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Analysis of cross-sectional area measurements of the corpus callosum adjusted tobrainsizein male and female subjects from childhood to adulthood.
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However, it is not justbrainsizethat determines cognitive ability.
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The combination of periconceptual plus late undernutrition reduced fetalbrainsize.
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Any increase inbrainsizedisproportionately greater than the corresponding increment in body size reflects acquisition of novel brain structures and their derivative functioning.
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For humans, tool use has been assigned a key ancestral role and it is associated with evolutionary changes inbrainsizeor structure.
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In our data set, for instance, nonhuman simians have on the average about five times thebrainsizeof insectivores when body size is controlled.
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Should behavioral differences prove to be central to differences inbrainsizeand organization, this would weaken the hypothesis that structure precedes function.
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A disproportionate enlargement of thebrainsizerelative to body size is characteristic of the human.
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It is only reasonable to expect thatbrainsizeand cognitive ability are related.
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Relation of education tobrainsizein normal aging - implications for the reserve hypothesis.
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Some of these factors seem to be especially important in studies onbrainsizein autism.
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An accumulating body of evidence suggests that in a subset of autistic children, head andbrainsizeare increased.
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Other than a limbic factor, covariation among brain divisions related tobrainsizehas apparently rarely been pried apart in any substantial way.
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To what extent have functionally defined neural systems evolved independently of generalbrainsize?
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I discuss some aspects of this view such as the relation ofbrainsizewith processing capacity.
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