The brain, with its self-similar structure, most likely implements a kind of universal information processing substrate -- for example, if you redirect visual input to the auditory cortex in mice, they learn to see with their auditory cortex.
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Remarkably, significant cortical lesions happening early in the developmental process often don't result in cognitive impairment, suggesting that the *quantity* of processing substrate that you have available is not the bottleneck to your intelligence (if you have enough of it).
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If you were to be born with a neocortex twice larger than normal (a very big head), would you be super-smart? Most likely, you'd learn to use that extra brain tissue, yet you would not see significant cognitive benefits. The bottleneck to scaling intelligence isn't your brain.
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