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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The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g).
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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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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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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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