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16 What is the difference in terms of energy expenditure between someone with average intelligence and someone highly talented?
By Yago Perez · El Dietista

Pedro Ramos Reis · Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

By the way: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770698/ The authors found what I was trying to explain you before: " glucose consumption and... [more]

By the way: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770698/ The authors found what I was trying to explain you before: " glucose consumption and intelligence measures correlate negatively which may mean intelligent individuals use their neurons more efficiently" The same relationship between IQ measurements and energy consumption has been observed by other researchers. "Retarded brains use more glucose than normal ones (Haier et al. 1995). Jung & Haier (J&H) report positive correlations between the size of small gray brain matter areas and intelligence, and males " http://archive.sciencewatch.com/dr/fbp/2009/09augfbp/09augfbpJungET1.pdf More intelligent does not mean more energy consumption. Just more efficient in using that same energy. Just like, having a high IQ does not necessarily mean that a person will succeed more than one with a lower. If the person is not efficient in using its resources, then the result will be poor. Or a car: Cars years ago used way more fuel to reach an inferior speed than the ones we use now. :)

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