Facts About Human Brain
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Human brain if the most interesting and complicated organ.. And these facts only prove this statement.
Your brain consist of about 100 billion neurons.
It is thought that yawn works to send more oxygen to the brain, therefore working to cool it down and wake it up.
The brain is made up of about 75% water.
Children who learn two languages before the age of five alters the brain structure and adults have a much denser gray matter.
A study of one million students in New York showed that students who ate lunches that did not include artificial additives performed better on tests than students who ate lunches that contained artificial preservatives and additives.
While awake, your brain generates between 10 and 23 watts of power or enough energy to power light bulb.
A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses, all "talking" to one another.
In the first decade of life, a child's brain forms trillions of connections.
Scientists have discovered that men and women's brains react differently to pain, which explains why they may perceive or discuss pain differently.
The human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consist of at least 60% fats.
Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.
Each neuron is connected to other neurons by up to 40,000 individual connections (called synapses) between cells. Multiplying 100 billion neurons times 40,000 synapses is equivalent to the brain having more connections in it than there are stars in the universe.
Information in your brain travels at about 268 miles per hour, unless of course you are drunk, then things really slow down.
There are no pain receptors in the brain, so the brain can feel no pain.
Your brain stopped growing at age 18.
Even though your brain is only about 2% of your body's weight, about 3 pounds, it uses 20-30% of the calories you consume.
Human brain has always been the most mysterious part of a human body. It is always interesting to find out more information upon this part. Following this link, you will get to know even more. Thanks for the shared information though and post more if anything.
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