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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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare brain disorder which causes people to speak in a foreign accent involuntarily.
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Chocolate is associated with the release of serotonin, the hormone that makes you feel relaxed, calm, and happy.
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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 human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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When you get blackout drunk, you don't actually forget anything; your brain wasn't "recording" in the first place.
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You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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