The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Daydreamers are better at solving complex problems.
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Starfish don't have brains.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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The average person's skin weighs twice as much as their brain.
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