The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
61
Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
113
After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
55
Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
13
10 seconds is the amount of time until unconsciousness after the loss of blood supply to the brain.
108
There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
349
A human brain produces as many as 12,000 to 50,000 thoughts per day, depending on how deep a thinker a person is.
23
After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
139