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   Idk if you meant to link the paper you were talking about. I've learned that if 
   you were to increase the number of neurons the brain as a network would become l
   ess connected, because otherwise the number of connections would have to increas
   e exponentially. Perhaps a brain with a certain amount of additional neurons wou
   ld have to be a brain with less "specialized" areas, as they have to be "self-su
   fficient".
   
   Michel A. Hofman, Evolution of the Human Brain: From Matter to Mind