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T. REX HAD BABOON-LIKE NUMBERS OF NEURONS:
The
T. rex
may have been a lot smarter than you thought.
Washington Post,
Jan 9, 2023.
Was the king of the dinosaurs a genius?
T. rex
had the same number of brain neurons as modern primates and may have been capable of problem-solving and even culture, study claims.
Daily Mail,
Jan 9, 2023.
T. rex
may have been intimidatingly clever with baboon-like brain capacity.
IFLScience
, Jan 5, 2023.
WANT TO COUNT NEURONS? TURN BRAINS INTO SOUP:
Unexceptional mammals. Suzana Herculano-Houzel on what her "brain soup" experiments can tell us about our place in the evolutionary hierarchy.
Grow by Gingko
, Nov 28.
"Bug brain soup expands menu for scientists studying animal brains.
University of Arizona News,
April 2021.
Soup for brains!
NW Noggin,
May 2018
(contains a step-by-step account of a public talk at OHSU)
One scientist is creating "brain soup" to calculate brain power.
The Pulse,
WHYY Feb 2017
Brainiac: With her innovative "brain soup", Suzana Herculano-Houzel is changing neuroscience one species at a time.
Vanderbilt Magazine
, Sep 2017
To unlock the brain's mysteries, purée it.
The New York Times Magazine,
Dec 2017
Our 86 billion neurons: She showed it.
The New York Review,
2016
Professor's "brain soup" experiment shows cognitive power.
BBC News,
Jun 2013
TECHNOLOGY, COOKING, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION
How cooking made us smarter: A Q&A with Suzana Herculano-Houzel.
Brain World
, Nov 2019
How human smarts evolved.
Discover Magazine,
Aug 2018
How humans evolved supersize brains.
Quanta Magazine,
Nov 2015
How many neurons make a human brain? Billions fewer than we thought.
The Guardian,
Feb 2012
Size isn't everything: The big brain myth.
New Scientist,
July 2010
...SO WHAT? NUMBERS OF NEURONS, INTELLIGENCE & LONGEVITY
"Brain soup" connects numbers of neurons to longevity.
The Visible Embryo,
Nov 2018
Our neurons explain why we live so long.
Futurity.org,
Nov 2018
Which are smarter, cats or dogs? We asked a scientist.
PBS News Hour
, Apr 2018
Are dogs smarter than cats? Science has an answer
.
National Geographic,
Nov 2017
Parrots, songbirds pack more neurons into their forebrains than most mammals.
Science.org,
Jun 2016
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T. rex had baboon-like numbers of neurons
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Life 101
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Heat stroke is death by your gut bacteria
The neuroscientist on call
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Stream of thought
I've seen my own brain!
My kitchen tends towards maximal entropy
Where to draw the line?
An evolutionary study of SfN attendance
The shaming of animal researchers
Neuroscience Office Hour
The Crash Course
Crash Course - BR
Virtual Visits
>
Key concepts
Recent discoveries
How neuroscience is done
The neuroscience of everyday life
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