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Download link - https://kukufm.page.link/M5brRPYB95VyvpaJ8 Coupon code - SCM50 ( Coupon valid for first 250 users ) On April 18, 1955, the great mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein died. He was 76 years old. Although Einstein's body was cremated, his brain was saved. Dr. Thomas S. Harvey, a pathologist at Princeton Hospital, removed Einstein's brain on the morning of Einstein's death. What happened to the brain for years after this is somewhat of a mystery. In the mid 1970s, Steven Levy, a reporter for the New Jersey Monthly, hopped into his car and set out to find Einstein's brain. Mr. Levy published his story in 1978. Mr. Levy discovered that Einstein's brain was still with Dr. Harvey who was now in Wichita, Kansas. The brain was in two mason jars in a cardboard box that was marked with the words "Costa Cider." Most of the brain, except for the cerebellum and parts of the cerebral cortex, had been sectioned (sliced). There are several published scientific studies that have examined Einstein's brain. One of the first papers, titled "On the Brain of a Scientist: Albert Einstein" was published in 1985 in the journal Experimental Neurology (vol. 88, pages 198-204, 1985) and written by Marian C. Diamond, Arnold B. Scheibel, Greer M. Murphy and ...Thomas Harvey! A paper (Neuroscience Letters, 1996) describing Einstein's brain was published in 1996. Einstein's brain weighed only 1,230 grams, which is less than the average adult male brain (about 1,400 grams). The authors also reported that the thickness of Einstein's cerebral cortex (area 9) was thinner than that of five control brains. However, the DENSITY of neurons in Einstein's brain was greater. In other words, Einstein was able to pack more neurons in a given area of cortex. Another study concerning Einstein's brain was published in the British medical journal The Lancet (vol. 353, pages 2149-2153) on June 19, 1999. In this paper, the external surface characteristics of Einstein's brain were compared to those from the brains of 35 men (average age, 57 years old). Unlike the brain of these 35 men, Einstein's brain had an unusual pattern of grooves (called sulci) on both right and left parietal lobes. This particular area of the parietal lobe is thought to be important for mathematical abilities and spatial reasoning. Einstein's brain had a much shorter lateral sulcus that was partially missing. His brain was also 15% wider than the other brains. The researchers think that these unique brain characteristics may have allowed better connections between neurons important for math and spatial reasoning. In 2012, photographs of the external surface of Einstein's brain were analzyed and published in the journal Brain. Scientists who studied these photographs noted that compared to other brains, Einstein's brain had a larger prefrontal cortex and expanded primary somatosensory and motor cortices especially in the face and tongue areas on the left hemisphere. In 2013, photographs through the middle (midsagittal section) of Einstein's brain were used to compared the size of Einstein's corpus callosum to that of right-handed, age-matched men and to a younger group of right-handed men. In this study, Einstein's corpus callosum was found to be thicker in most areas compared to the corpus callosum of age-matched men and thicker in a few areas compared to the corpus callosum in younger men. Although these results are interesting, it must be remembered that this study had only ONE brain in the experimental group...Albert Einstein's brain. It remains to be seen if other mathematical geniuses also show these distinguishing brain characteristics. Moreover, the study did not investigate the brain at a microscopic level. In other words, the study says nothing about how neurons in these brains were connected and of course, could not tell if there were differences in the way the neurons functioned. Research papers link- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8805120/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23161163/ https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/137/4/e268/365419 Now to know more watch out this full video. Thanks for watching.. Social accounts link Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/scienceandmyths/ Facebook Page- https://www.facebook.com/ScienceAndMyths/ Einstein के दिमाग के रहस्यों से कैसे उठा परदा FAIR-USE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER This video is meant for Educational/Inspirational purpose only. We do not own any copyrights, all the rights go to their respective owners. The sole purpose of this video is to inspire, empower and educate the viewers.