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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, interindividual variation, andpostnatal neuronal growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Terry Elliott
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Computer Science,University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom te@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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Abstract

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It is suggested that a connection between neurogenesis and brain partsize is unsurprising. It is argued that neurogenesis cannot,however, be the only factor contributing to brain size. Highlyindividual post-natal experience radically shapes individual brains,leading to dramatic increases in brain size. The role ofcomparatively coarse statistical techniques in addressing thesesubtle biological issues is questioned.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press