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Jake has an MRI done to rule out the possibility that his migraines are being caused by abnormal growths.None appear,but the doctor tells Jake that he has an unusually large brain for a man his size and age.Jake brags to all his friends about his large brain,thinking that this is proof that he is highly intelligent.Unfortunately for Jake,the truth is that


A) Einstein's brain was smaller than average,which has led scientists to believe that the smaller one's brain is,the smarter he is likely to be.
B) brain size is correlated with intelligence only in women.
C) correlations between brain size and intelligence are weak,so brain efficiency is more important to the question of intelligence.
D) migraines are highly correlated with increased brain size;experts think these headaches may be due to the fact that the brain is squeezed too tightly into the skull.

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