Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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Brain freeze is caused by the brain sensing the drop of temperature on your palate and increasing blood pressure in an attempt to save you from freezing.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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Studies suggest that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more "working memory" and "sharper brains".
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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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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 brain receives 20% of the body’s oxygen and 25% of total body glucose utilization, despite it accounting for only 2% of a person’s weight (about 1.4 kilograms).
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