Thursday, April 23, 2009
Einstein's Brain
I have been researching how creativity works in the brain over the past couple of months and I have found some interesting information. During my research I found that highly creative individuals may actually have a specialized brain that is wired differently then others. One such is example is Albert Einstein. It has been recorded that Einstein did not speak until at the least age 4. This suggests that the left side of his brain developed abnormally which allowed the right side of his brain to become highly specialized. The right side of the brain in used for spatial computations which is used in mathematics. Instead of simply memorizing formulas and using numbers, Einstein actually visualized math problems. I believe that this unique way of solving math problems gave him an advantage because he was a different perspective and maybe more insight than others. Einstein donated his brain to be studied when he died, and scientists took many pictures of it. When reviewing the pictures they found that the area of the brain that separates the left and right cortex was so severely underdeveloped that it was almost non existent. This suggests that Einstein's brain was very highly connected and he could draw connections between parts of the brain that others could not. This may help explain how Einstein was able to come up with so many important and mind-blowing ideas.
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