This web exhibit was first built in 2000 by Patricia Anne
Kinser, Haverford College, under the direction of Paul
Grobstein, Bryn Mawr College. The updated version of Comparative
Neuroanatomy and Intelligence is now online at
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/brains. This old version
has been archived in place, and will continue to be available
for teachers and students who are using it. Compare Brain and
Body Sizes The Neuron- Up Close and Personal Here are the brains
of five animals: a human brain, a monkey brain, a cat brain, a
rat brain, and a frog brain. We're getting ready to slice into
these brains and explore their inner workings. What do you
expect to see? Will it look like one big glob of matter? Or will
there be specific separate structures with different functions?
When we look at the human brain, we will be able to know whether
this person was "smart"?? Let's begin our dissection of these
brains by making a sagittal cut at the mid-saggittal plane so
that we can see the inner surface. (click he