# Re midgets how physically small can an adult be before brain function is compromised?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-midgets-how-physically-small-can-an-adult-be-before-brain-function-is-compromised/371531 "2006-09-05T17:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-midgets-how-physically-small-can-an-adult-be-before-brain-function-is-compromised/371531/1 "2006-09-05T17:46:04Z")

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[I was looking that this kid](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060905/od_nm/nepal_short_dc) and wondered how tiny a person can before your brain is too small to work properly. And known physical limits on how small a human brain can be and still work properly?