The brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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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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10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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Starfish don't have brains.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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