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Human Connectome Project: correlations between brain architecture and behavior
- gojomo 11y agoFinally, a phrenology from firmer foundations!
- hyperpallium 11y ago> People with more 'positive' variables, such as more education, better physical endurance and above-average performance on memory tests, shared the same patterns. Their brains seemed to be more strongly connected than those of people with 'negative' traits such as smoking, aggressive behaviour or a family history of alcohol abuse. It could be as simple as a more developed brain, in the same sense a person's height can be limited by poor nutrition. "More connected" sounds like it could be the ordinary state of maturity of a brain, limited also by literal nutrition, and nutrition in the sense of engagement/stimulation. Unfortunately, such factors could also be the cause of the negative outcomes found especially the non-cognitive ones like physical endurance - or at least significantly confound the contribution of the "connectome" itself.