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Encephalization quotient

Encephalization quotient (EQ), encephalization level (EL), or just encephalization is a relative brain size measure that is defined as the ratio between observed and predicted brain mass for an animal of a given size, based on nonlinear regression on a range of reference species. It has been used as a proxy for intelligence and thus as a possible way of…

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AustralopithecusFranz Joseph GallPhrenologyPseudoscienceAristotle
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EQ and intelligence in mammals

CognitiveCarnivoransCetaceansPrimatesInsectivores
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Comparisons with non-mammalian animals

ParrotsCorvidsSynapsesBird intelligenceManta rays
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Perspective on intelligence measures

ForebrainHerculano-HouzelCortical thicknessGyrificationPositively correlated
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Perspective on intelligence measures

Brain-body size relationship

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EQ and intelligence in mammals

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EQ in paleoneurology

EQ of livestock animals

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the recent evolution of the cerebral cortexinstance ofreasoned that bigger brains generally contain more 'extra neurons' and thus are better predictors of cognitive abilities than pure EQ among primates.Factors0.80text
different degrees of brain foldinginstance ofreasoned that bigger brains generally contain more 'extra neurons' and thus are better predictors of cognitive abilities than pure EQ among primates.Factors0.80text
the domestic pig may be significantly lower than would suggest for their apparent intelligenceinstance ofEQ of livestock animalsThe EQ of livestock farm animals0.80text
the fMRIinstance ofwith the advent of imaging techniques0.80text
PET scaninstance ofwith the advent of imaging techniques0.80text
several scientific studies were launched to suggest a relationship between encephalizationinstance ofwith the advent of imaging techniques0.80text
advanced cognitive abilitiesinstance ofwith the advent of imaging techniques0.80text
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