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Klokateer666
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16 Jun 2011, 11:13 pm

As far as I know my head is of normal size but my forehead is quite large, although I've never really paid much attention to it until now. When I was little my head was quite large but now, apart from the aforementioned forehead, it seems to be relatively proportional to the rest of my body.


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17 Jun 2011, 12:22 am

Not exactly head size, but more recently a results of a study on brain size of infants came up with brain size based clues toward autism:

http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/ ... -to-autism

But in a interesting way this was a theory as early as 2003~ or so. Just not backed by research till recently.



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17 Jun 2011, 12:28 am

I had heard of many different ideas such as larger than normal cerebral cortex and underdeveloped cerebellum. I've had a brain scan and I know that my cerebellum is a little bit smaller in porportion to the rest of my brain but all that acounts for in me is occasional motor clumsiness.


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17 Jun 2011, 12:33 am

I have a long face.


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