Caffeine boosts memory.
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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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Starfish don't have brains.
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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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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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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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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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