When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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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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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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