Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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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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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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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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The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Caffeine boosts memory.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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