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How do they know that their brains weren't small to begin with? Are they measuring against an average?
by webmobdev 7y ago
How do they know that their brains weren't small to begin with? Are they measuring against an average?
- wysifnwyg 7y agoWhile it doesn't say in the article, I would imagine that the statistical difference is significant enough to recognize that this specific group had been impacted when considering an average adult human's measurements.
- diggan 7y agoSeems to be refering to this study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2738552 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/27385... > Design, Setting, and Participants: Forty government personnel (patients) who were potentially exposed and experienced neurological symptoms underwent evaluation at a US academic medical center from August 21, 2017, to June 8, 2018, including advanced structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging analytics. Findings were compared with imaging findings of 48 demographically similar healthy controls.
- CoolGuySteve 7y agoWould it be politically incorrect to compare the average diplomats brain against an average adult? What if we find out diplomats just have small brains.
- dipeshsharma 7y agoThey are measuring against average sizes for people of similar group. Size being smaller thank average for all staff members is definitely raises suspicion.