Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate - the part of the brain involving cravings.
103
After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
139
Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
183
The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
102
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
193
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
113