Einstein's IQ is one of the few in the world. Maybe it comes from his different brain structure. Do you believe it? According to foreign media reports, after Einstein's death in 1955, experts from Princeton University preserved his brain and sliced it into 240 pieces for research. The latest research has found that there are many ridge like and groove like structures in the parietal lobe of Einstein's brain. These extremely rare structures are likely to be Einstein's unique mystery.
As early as 1999, scientists began to study the anatomy of Einstein's brain. Interestingly, they found that Einstein's brain was smaller than that of ordinary people. In response, the researchers explained, "maybe one or two parameters can't explain Einstein's super intelligence, but his brain is only 1230 grams, which is lower than the average weight of modern human brain. "This discovery also means that it is necessary for human beings to study other complex features of Einstein's brain in depth, which may lead to major discoveries. If Einstein's whole brain really belongs to a lower heavyweight, maybe his super intelligence comes from other important characteristics. In 1999, the team also found that Einstein's parietal lobe was about 15% wider than that of ordinary people. The researchers explained that these parietal lobes are often associated with spatial awareness, visual awareness, and mathematical ability.
Recently, scientists have found more specificity in Einstein's brain. Dean Falk, a scientist at Florida State University, studied the pictures of Einstein's brain, especially the parietal lobe. Falke claimed that he found many protruding ridge like and groove patterns on some wider parietal lobes. Falk believes that this extremely rare pattern may be the main factor for Einstein's visualized thinking in the process of studying physics. Another specific discovery of Falk is the discovery of a spherical protuberance in the motor cortex of Einstein's brain. Falk explained the significance of this spherical protuberance. In other studies, similar spherical protuberances have been found. Usually, this kind of spherical protuberance is considered to be related to musical talent. As you may know, Einstein has been very fond of playing the violin since his childhood. '
Therefore, scientists believe that the reason why Einstein became a scientific genius is closely related to the structural specificity of his brain, which may be a more important factor than the size of his brain. Of course, the human brain is a complex organ, there are still many mysterious structures or principles to be discovered by scientists. Through the study of Einstein's brain structure, it may be helpful to further study the principle of human brain. Before that, researchers had selected four men of the same age as Einstein's when he died as the reference objects, and compared Einstein's brain with their brain. The results showed that in addition to the number of brain cells more than ordinary people, Einstein's brain astrocyte processes were larger, and the number of nerve tissue at the end of these glial cells was also larger. In addition, Einstein's brain has been found to be very normal. What's unusual is that his brain is healthier than that of people of the same age, with fewer signs of degeneration.
Einstein, the scientist who put forward the theory of relativity, died in 1955. After his death, his brain was removed and his whereabouts were unknown. The whereabouts of Einstein's brain, and what's so extraordinary about the most intelligent brain in history, have become one of the most legendary mysteries of the 20th century. Fifty years later, Thomas Harvey, an American pathologist who was accused of stealing Einstein's brain, gave his first exclusive interview to thoroughly expose the inside story of the whole incident. The most shocking thing is that for the convenience of research, Harvey cut Einstein's brain into 240 pieces. In fact, the U.S. government has long known that Einstein's brain became Harvey's' private property ', but it did not ask Harvey to hand it over. When Harvey took the brain out of the laboratory and prepared to cross the mainland, the FBI, which is responsible for protecting the brain, was surprised and sent someone to follow him secretly. Harvey did not know that he walked 4000 kilometers from east to west, and the FBI agents also tracked him 4000 kilometers.
According to Harvey's records, Einstein's brain weighs 1230 grams, which is lower than the average value of men, and is not outstanding (Gauss's brain, the prince of mathematics, is more in line with our expectations of genius, weighs 1492 grams, which is slightly higher than the average value). It was not until 1985 that the first report on Einstein's brain was published, which was led by Professor Damon, a neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley. Her team examined four areas of Einstein's cortex, representing the left and right upper prefrontal and lower parietal lobes, with 11 other people as controls.