This web exhibit was first built in 2000 by Patricia Anne Kinser, Haverford College, under the direction of Paul Grobstein, Bryn Mawr College. The updated version of Comparative Neuroanatomy and Intelligence is now online at http://serendipstudio.org/exchange/brains. This old version has been archived in place, and will continue to be available for teachers and students who are using it.

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Compare Brains

• Pictures
  
• Similarities
  
• Differences

Compare Brain and Body Sizes

• Brains & Bodies
  
• Equalize body size
  
• Equilize brain size

Compare Brain Structures- Slices and Slides

• Directional terminology
  
• Sagittal cuts
• Main structures
• What's the point: magnification

The Neuron- Up Close and Personal

• Jello, mush, or neuron?
  
• Neurons in animals
  
• What is a neuron?
• Fun facts

The Question of Intelligence

• Why do we care?
  
• Methods for studying brain & intelligence

Links

Glossary

Bibliography

Great!

So, you see similarities between these brains? You must have a good eye... At first glance one might say that these brains look completely different. Yet, you have probably noticed a couple of similarities:

• each brain appears to have 2 hemispheres
• there seems to be distinct structures in these brains
• each brain has a spinal cord descending from it Shall we try another question?

  Do you notice any differences between these brains?

  Yes, I see a bunch of differences...

  Nope, not even one!

  Huh? Can we start over?