1066: The unusual bulge on Rene Descartes (1596-1650) frontal lobe. Host
Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1616 Graduation registry for Descartes at the University of Poitiers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Poitiers) , 1616 Le Prytanee Militaire Registro de graduación de Descartes en la Universidad de Poitiers, 1616. Public Domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DescartesGraduationRegistry.JPG) File:DescartesGraduationRegistry.JPG http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The unusual bulge on Rene Descartes (1596-1650) frontal lobe. Host http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/descartes-s-brain-had-bulging-frontal-cortex '...researchers created a 3D image of Descartes’s brain (above) by scanning the impression it left on the inside of his skull, which has been kept for almost 200 years now in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. For the most part, his brain was surprisingly normal—its overall dimensions fell within regular ranges, compared with 102 other modern humans. But one part stood out: an unusual bulge in the frontal cortex, in an area which previous studies have suggested may process the meaning of words.'