Looks like my parents were right. Greater brain power is tied to having a thicker cerebral cortex. UCLA researches have found that people who eat fish more regularly develop larger cortexes. Straight from the source:
"If you eat fish just once a week, your hippocampus—the big memory and learning center—is 14 percent larger than in people who don't eat fish that frequently. 14 percent. That has implications for reducing Alzheimer's risk," Raji said. "If you have a stronger hippocampus, your risk of Alzheimer's is going to go down."
"In the orbital frontal cortex, which controls executive function, it's a solid 4 percent," Raji said. "I don't know of any drug or supplement that's been shown to do that."
This news is vital toward understanding how to prevent dementia/Alzheimer's in older folks and how to give children the best start in life. If it is delicious and makes me a genius, then I'm all in!
