Big brains
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Part of Panorama
- Title
- Big brains
- Creator
- Goldstein, Hyman
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1939
- Subject
- Intelligence.
- Rights
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- Abstract
- Article that debunk myth of the correlation of size and shapes of head to intelligence.
- Fulltext
- 11. The Third International is ( 1) Trotzky's mo'Vement against Stalin, (2) the Olympic games, (3) a worldwide Communist organization, ( 4) the Russian Communist official song. 12. The Italians really desire to control Djibouti which is (1) a port in Albania, (2) a town in Palestine where bloody riots took place, ( 3) the capital of Ethiopia, ( 4) a port of French Somali/and in Africa. 13. Some economists have dei:lared that they favor the "Middle Way," meaning ( 1) a cooperati'Ve mo'Vement such as that of Sweden, (2) liberal capitalism, ( 3) exalting the laboring class O'Ver all other elements, ( 4) arming the country for defense. 14. The Cliveden set is (1) a group of influential Englishmen said to be pro-Fascist, (2) a party in Australia, ( 3) a famous band of bandits in London, ( 4) a high society circle in New York. 15. Balilla is ( 1) a Russian musical instrument, (2) a new dance, (3) an Italian organization for young Fascists, ( 3) a soft drink recently concocted at the World's Fair in New York. * * * BIG BRAINS his not true that the width, length, shape, or size of one's head has some connection with intelligence. This belief is just as unfounded and false as the one that proclaims a big chin denotes will-power, a high forehead shrewdness, a sharp nose inquisitiveness, and large ear of culture. With the exception of extremely large or small heads (both of which are quite rare), which may be indicative of mental deficiency or deterioration, the contour and size of the head, within normal limits, has as much connection with intelligence as the number of bumps on the head, the lines in the palm, or the number of letters in the name. It has been shown by po5t-mortem exam~ inations of brains that intelligence seems to be correlated with the number of convolutions in the brain and the degree of their complexity.-Dr. Hyman Goldstein, from Parade. PANORAMA
- Date Issued
- IV(8) August, 1939