When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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Scientists say that a 'zombie apocalypse' is actually possible based on the recent discovery of certain brain parasites. But as of now, these parasites only affect bugs.
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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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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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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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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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