Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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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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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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The human brain is more active during sleep than during the day.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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