When someone looks at a new love, the neural circuits that are usually associated with social judgment are suppressed.
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After age 30, the brain begins to lose about 50,000 neurons per day - shrinking the brain .25% each year.
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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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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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The human brain uses approximately as much energy as a 10 watt light bulb.
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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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On average, there's 100 billion neurons in the human brain.
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