There was nothing special about Albert Einstein's brain.
Nothing that modern neuroscience can detect, anyway. This is the message of a provocative article by Pace University psychologist Terence Hines, just published in Brain and Cognition: Neuromythology of Einstein’s brain As Hines notes, the story of how Einstein's brain was preserved is well known. When the physicist died in 1955, his wish was to be cremated, but the pathologist who performed the autopsy decided to save his brain for science. Einstein's son Hans later gave his blessing to this fait accompli. Samples and photos of the brain were then made available to neuroscientists around the world, who hoped to discover the secret of the great man's genius. Many have claimed to have found it. But Hines isn't convinced. Some researchers, for instance, have used microscopy to examine Einstein's brain tissue on a histological (cellular) level. Most famous amongst these studies is ...
