Question

Certain unusual aspects of brain structure were observed in the brain of Albert Einstein. One interpretation is that he was born with certain differences in his cortex from others that encouraged his scientific and intellectual abilities. What do you think of this explanation and what do you think could be an alternative interpretation?

(we're studying the structure of the nervous system)

Answer 1

All the normal human beings have the same brain with the same amount of nerves, size and shape but it’s the environment and exposure which makes one’s brain different from others. The best explanation is brain plasticity where one makes new neural network connections by learning new ideas and keep working with those ideas thus keeping the nerve connections alive. Brain is capable of accommodating any learning or experience it is exposed to, thus Einstein was able to practice continuously with the same concept thus, making new connections. Those areas of brain that are not utilized properly would decay and would stop functioning. Although some speculate that his numerical and spatial brain structure was larger than the normal human beings, it was not natural but he was using it to the maximum or to a great extent.

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