Does the human brain stay the same size throughout the whole lifetime of that pe!


Question: Does the human brain stay the same size throughout the whole lifetime of that person!?
Or does it grow bigger!? Wouldn't it grow bigger due to our knowlage gaining!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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No!. Apparently the reverse is true!. The brain actually shrinks a little bit in old age!. Some brain cells which die are not replaced, as they would be in a much younger person!.

The amount of knowledge gained in a lifetime does not affect the brain size or weight!.

Information stored in the brain is held in an electro-chemical molecular matrix, which probably has enough spare capacity to store a lot more information than we would ever need!.

Over evolutionary time (that is several thousands of years), however, human brains have become larger, probably as a result of changing environmental circumstances, a better diet, and increased social awareness and organisation!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It only "grows" during your development in the womb and throughout your incipient, infantile stages of life!. After that, no further growth occurs!. And NO, before it is implied, head diameter does NOT correlate with intelligence!. In fact, Einstein even had a smaller than average brain!. What does determine intelligence, might one inquire!? Amount of and distribution of gray matter throughout the brain; rapid intake of knowledge at a young age during the pivotal years of learning; not huffing lead paint!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Your brain shrinks a bit in your old age!.

Too much booze speeds up this shrinking process!.

Fortunately brain deterioration is much slower than body deterioration so most people still have a functioning brain when their time is up!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

yes your brain does grow when your a baby, thats why they say you need a bit of space between your brain and top of your skull otherwise there will problems! But your brain doesn't grow throughout you life! hope i helped, all the best!!:)Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yeah, every inch of that multiplication table you learned in 3rd grade made your brain 3X its original size!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yeah, it really grows due to its birth!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

no it growsWww@Answer-Health@Com





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