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- So what does correlate with brain size?†
Chpt 5 *"Editor's Notes"Just because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math. - In fact, the correlation was almost perfect.†
Chpt 7correlation = relationship such that a change in one thing helps predict a change in another"Editor's Notes"Just because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math. - But even if there is only a modest correlation between what goes on in mice brains and ours, these findings do seem to square with Pomerleau's study.†
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- The first can be found in the correlation between smoking and depression, a link discovered only recently.†
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- As psychiatric problems increase, the correlation with smoking grows stronger.†
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Definitions:
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(correlate) to find or have a connection or relationship between two things, such that a change in one helps predict a change in the otherJust because you can guess 'A' from 'B' doesn’t mean 'A' changes 'B.' Something else, like 'C,' might affect both, and that’s why 'A' can be guessed from 'B.'
For example, children with larger shoe sizes are likely to know more math. It's not that shoe size helps with math, it's that older children tend to have larger feet and know more math. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)