Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
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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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Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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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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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Starfish don't have brains.
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Unconsciousness will occur after 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.
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