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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When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Research has shown that allowing chocolate to melt in your mouth produced brain and heart rate activity that was simliar to - and even stronger than - that produced with passionate kissing.
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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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
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