http://mindhacks.com/2009/08/04/in-the-trenches/ Neuroscience and psychology tricks to find out what's going on inside your brain. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:24:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/08/04/in-the-trenches/#comment-5436 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:09:07 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/in-the-trenches/#comment-5436 Isn’t the main purpose of the folds of the brain to increase surface area–which primarily facilitates heat dissipation? Animal brains that evolved with more folds would be able to operate at higher temperatures due to the increased dissipation, and I imagine anything that lets the brain use more energy would be promoted through evolution.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/08/04/in-the-trenches/#comment-5435 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:14:14 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/in-the-trenches/#comment-5435 That’s fascinating. The brain is still so mysterious.

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