Martina overhears someone at a party saying that studies have shown that people with larger brains are more intelligent.Furthermore,this person claims that doctors have told him that he has an extraordinarily large brain,and thus,claim to also have superior intelligence.Martina decides to avoid that conversation because she knows from her psychology class that
A) people with extraordinarily large brains tend to score low on intelligence tests.
B) this person is likely exceptionally brilliant.
C) people with more neurons in their parietal lobe are more intelligent.
D) the size of individual neurons is more important for intelligence than the number of neurons.

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Martina knows from her psychology class that there is no significant correlation between brain size and intelligence. In fact, studies have shown that people with larger brains do not necessarily score higher on intelligence tests. Therefore, it is unlikely that the person at the party is exceptionally brilliant just because they claim to have an extraordinarily large brain.

Martina Overhears Someone at a Party Saying That Studies Have