The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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Blueberry juice boosts memory.
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