Top 10 Brain Facts That You Didn't Know
Channel: Brains Applied
Date: 24/05/2019

Howdy Cowboys,

Today I discuss the Top 10 Brain Facts That You Didn't Know. 
Do identical twins have identical brains? What was the biggest brain ever recorded? 
You can find it all out in this video :)

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Bartley, A. J., Jones, D. W., & Weinberger, D. R. (1997). Genetic variability of human brain size and cortical gyral patterns. Brain: a journal of neurology, 120(2), 257-269.
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