There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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