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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We forget why we have entered a room because passing through doors creates an ‘event boundary’ causing the brain to file away what we were just thinking about.
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On average, there's 300 billion neurons in the octopus brain.
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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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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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