Re:Brain Hyperconnectivity in Children with Autism and Its L...
by bobim on Sunday February 09, 2025 @02:28AM
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This is an interesting take, along the line of elephants who need a huge brain mainly to actuate their trunk.
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Re:Brain Hyperconnectivity in Children with Autism and Its L...
by calmbonsai on Sunday February 09, 2025 @02:48AM
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Akin to bottle-nose dolphins and orcas with sound. They have, easily, the most signal-processing neurons of ANY species on the planet.
And, fwiw, their encephalization quotient is just behind one species--us.
Since they're aquatic mammals (given the requisite mass for thermoregulation), that severely under-represents their effective brain/body-mass ratio too.