Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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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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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Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
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The human brain has the capacity to store everything that you experience.
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The elephant brain weighs about 6,000g.
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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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