According to scientists, they have more knowledge about stars than they have about the human brain. For them it is the most complex and mysterious thing to learn about. Here are a few fun facts!
1. The size of a typical brain is almost 2% of a body’s weight but is uses 30% of the body’s energy and oxygen intake. Now, when you use your brain you are actually burning a lot of calories. Even at rest, it is estimated to use one-fifth of a calorie. Now imagine how much you burn with cognitive motor training!
2. Multi-tasking makes you brain toggle back and forth between several tasks. This causes drop in attention span, performance, learning and short-term memory.
3. The human brain is the fattiest organ in the body. It contains 60% fat, out of its total weight of 3 pounds.
4. When you are laughing, five areas in your brain are active.
5. As per an estimate, information (like mechanoreceptors) travel to the brain at a speed of 260 miles per hour.
6. Your brain also has the ability to eat itself in case of lack of energy. To ward off starvation, brain cells can eat other brain cells.
7. Insulin while regulating blood sugar in the human body is also responsible for better memory.
8. When you yawn, you supply more oxygen to the brain. Even reptiles, birds and mammals yawn. Neurotransmitters in the brain control this behavior.
9. Brain structure and function are altered when an individual is exposed to excessive stress.
10. Brain receives approximately 20% of the blood flowing out of the heart. This blood flow is important to support the metabolic activities of neurons.
11. The attention spans of human brain are getting shorter. We have lost almost four seconds of our attention span in the past 15 years. This means we cannot concentrate on a thing for more than 8 seconds on average.
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