After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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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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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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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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