• Question: are all brains exactly the same?

    Asked by georgeteamstarkidweasley to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 21 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Hi @georgeteamstarkidweasley
      I don’t think that all brains are exactly the same. If they all were, we would all have the same thoughts and we’d all give the same answers to all these questions, it would be boring!

      In the same way that people’s eye and hair colours are different, people are different heights and weights, our brains will all be slightly different!

      Hope this helps!

    • Photo: Rachael Ward

      Rachael Ward answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      Hello,

      No all brains are different, just as all people are different. Human brains all have the same regions but all the individual cells will be connected to each other slightly differently.

      Also, each different type of animal has a different brain. So a humans brain is different from a mouse or a whale or an octopus brain!

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