The Mind Creative FEB 2014
It is also known that most
scientists approached by
Harvey had little or no
interest in conducting
research on the great
man’s brain.
In the end of his
monomaniacal crusade,
Harvey took back the
brain (or whatever was
left of it) to Princeton
Hospital; from he had
purloined the artefact in
the first place. It remains
there to this day. A few
pieces of the brain (on
slides) are preserved at
the Mutter Museum.
A specimen at the Mutter Museum
Interestingly, a study conducted in 2012 by Dean Falk at the Florida
University, came up with some interesting conclusions:
“”
“Einstein had extraordinary prefrontal cortices, right behind the
forehead. In humans, this area functions in higher cognition that
entails working memory, making plans, bringing plans to fruition,
worrying, thinking about the future and imagining scenarios.”
The motor face area in Einstein's left hemisphere was extraordinarily
expanded into a big rectangular patch that the Falk not seen in any
other brain. He failed to interpret this.
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