> > > Christopher Roiland aka Ragnar/RM/SErebel/Ryan/Mike/Alan/Ryan/etc.
> is a tiny guy.
> > > Not tiny at all... 5'8 and roughtly 150lbs.. and my head is quite
> > large.
> Yes, we know quite well that you have persistent cranial swelling from
> falling off your bicycle and flying over that pretty pink and purple
> basket, landing on your head right in front of the Macaroni Grill
> restaurant.

> > Christopher Roiland aka Ragnar/RM/SErebel/Ryan/Mike/Alan/Ryan/etc.
is a tiny guy.
> Not tiny at all... 5'8 and roughtly 150lbs.. and my head is quite
> large.

> my head is quite
> large

> RM <rm[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<jvv0r0d84h5rulvmdevj0uh6a1dso7frpc[at]4ax.com> ...
> > If anybody here has attended medical school or could provide a link to
> > this information, please share some information.
> > > Supposedly brain size within a species doesn't affect one's
> > intelligence. That might be because although there is more brain
> > tissue, only a fraction of that tissue is used. In fact, a smaller
> > brain might benefit from the information stored being more densely
> > stored and the brain may operate faster due to the shorter links.
> > > Anyway, that is not my question. My question is about skull size
> > relative to brain size. Does a larger skull contain a larger brain?
> > Does the brain tissue essentially grow to fill all available space in
> > the skull? Or is the brain relatively the same size regardless of the
> > skull size, and their is a gap between the surface of the brain and
> > the skull lining.
> > > Also, I'm assuming that except for structural differences between
> > races, the thickness of the bone of the skull is relatively the same
> > no matter how large the skull is.
> Christopher Roiland aka Ragnar/RM/SErebel/Ryan/Mike/Alan/Ryan/etc. is a tiny guy.

> Christopher Roiland aka Ragnar/RM/SErebel/Ryan/Mike/Alan/Ryan/etc. is a tiny guy.

> If anybody here has attended medical school or could provide a link to
> this information, please share some information.
> Supposedly brain size within a species doesn't affect one's
> intelligence. That might be because although there is more brain
> tissue, only a fraction of that tissue is used. In fact, a smaller
> brain might benefit from the information stored being more densely
> stored and the brain may operate faster due to the shorter links.
> Anyway, that is not my question. My question is about skull size
> relative to brain size. Does a larger skull contain a larger brain?
> Does the brain tissue essentially grow to fill all available space in
> the skull? Or is the brain relatively the same size regardless of the
> skull size, and their is a gap between the surface of the brain and
> the skull lining.
> Also, I'm assuming that except for structural differences between
> races, the thickness of the bone of the skull is relatively the same
> no matter how large the skull is.

> If anybody here has attended medical school or could provide a link to
> this information, please share some information.
> Supposedly brain size within a species doesn't affect one's
> intelligence. That might be because although there is more brain
> tissue, only a fraction of that tissue is used. In fact, a smaller
> brain might benefit from the information stored being more densely
> stored and the brain may operate faster due to the shorter links.
> Anyway, that is not my question. My question is about skull size
> relative to brain size. Does a larger skull contain a larger brain?
> Does the brain tissue essentially grow to fill all available space in
> the skull? Or is the brain relatively the same size regardless of the
> skull size, and their is a gap between the surface of the brain and
> the skull lining.
> Also, I'm assuming that except for structural differences between
> races, the thickness of the bone of the skull is relatively the same
> no matter how large the skull is.