The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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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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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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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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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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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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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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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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