What is about the Albert Einstein brain?

After Albert Einstein's death in 1955, scientists all over the world scrambled for the opportunity to get a piece of his brain. It was a pathologist by the name of Thomas Harvey who got to it first. read more

The brain of physicist Albert Einstein has been a subject of much research and speculation. Einstein's brain was removed within seven and a half hours of his death. read more

Einstein’s son, Hans Albert, and his executor, Otto Nathan, gave Harvey permission to proceed with a pathological study of the brain. 2.Einstein had a great interest in the brain. His electroencephalogram (EEG) made the pages of the New York Times several years before his death. read more

Einstein's brain had more glial cells relative to neurons in all areas studied, but only in the left inferior parietal area was the difference statistically significant. This area is part of the association cortex, regions of the brain responsible for incorporating and synthesizing information from multiple other brain regions. read more