The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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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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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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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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