Glossary

BIRD BRAIN!

often used as a slang term, bird brain refers to a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.

Can you see similarities and differences to a human brain?

For instance, the cerebellum is quite proportionally larger in a bird brain than a human brain. Both brains have folded cortex, but a human brain has more frontal cortex, especially.

Inside (sagittal) view of a bird brain. Notice the large cerebellum and brain stem.

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BIRD BRAIN!