Dutch researchers say the bigger the head, the smarter the person.
In a recent study published in the well respected Journal Neurology , researchers analyzed the mental ability of more than 800 healthy men and women between the ages of 50 and 81, while also measuring head circumferences. People with little heads didn t do as well as their larger head counterparts on tests of thinking ability and mental speed, what we refer to as cognitive ability. The Dutch Researchers went so far as to say that head size played a larger role in a person s mental ability than education or socioeconomic status. The experts suggest that a bigger head with a bigger brain may offer more protection against cognitive deterioration by providing a larger reserve of neurons. As we argue the merits of SAT scores, perhaps colleges should ask for hat sizes instead of tests scores.