The elephant brain in numbers

• Main Authors: Suzana eHerculano-Houzel (Author), Kamilla eAvelino (Author), Kleber eNeves (Author), Jairo ePorfirio (Author), Debora eMesseder (Author), Larissa eMattos Feijó (Author), José eMaldonado (Author), Paul eManger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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What explains the superior cognitive abilities of the human brain compared to other, larger brains? Here we investigate the possibility that the human brain has a larger number of neurons than even larger brains by determining the cellular composition of the brain of the African elephant. We find th...