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The size of the mammalian brain may be directly and closely related to the amount of information that the brain can handle. My purpose is to show how and why I think this is the case and to apply the results to comparisons among primates. Two measures of size are emphasized here: the gross weight of the undissected brain and the total surface area of the cerebral cortex. A third measure, the convolutedness, or extent of fissurization, is closely related to the first two measures.
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Jerison, H.J. (1982). Allometry, Brain Size, Cortical Surface, and Convolutedness. In: Armstrong, E., Falk, D. (eds) Primate Brain Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4148-2_6
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