The brain and intelligence.

Journal article

A measure of brain development is proposed which might correlate with intelligence. The neocortex/medulla volume is given for many species of primate, and it is found that this measure correlates with a measure of responsiveness to novel objects, and with performance on visual discrimination learning set. It is shown that cranial capacity/foramen magnum area is closely related to brain/medulla volume, and may therefore be used as a related measure with fossil species.

Authors: Passingham, R

• Journal: Brain, behavior and evolution
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-15
• Publication date: 1975-01-01
• EISSN: 1421-9743
• ISSN: 0006-8977
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Medulla Oblongata; Haplorhini; Brain; Organ Size; Hominidae; Humans; Foramen Magnum; Strepsirhini; Body Weight; Species Specificity; Intelligence; Learning; Cerebral Cortex; Behavior, Animal