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Humans spend about one-third of life asleep
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Humans spend about one-third of life asleep

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Split attention between two conversations is surprisingly poor
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Split attention between two conversations is surprisingly poor

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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small LED
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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small LED

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Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy
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Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s energy

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Your brain is about 75% water
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Your brain is about 75% water

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During REM sleep, your body is temporarily paralyzed
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During REM sleep, your body is temporarily paralyzed

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Your eyes can distinguish millions of colors
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Your eyes can distinguish millions of colors

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Shivering is muscles making heat
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Shivering is muscles making heat

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Your brain has almost no oxygen reserve
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Your brain has almost no oxygen reserve

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You have roughly 100 trillion synaptic connections
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You have roughly 100 trillion synaptic connections

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Dopamine helps the brain mark what feels rewarding
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Dopamine helps the brain mark what feels rewarding

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The funny bone is a nerve, not a bone
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The funny bone is a nerve, not a bone

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Reading reuses brain areas built for vision and speech
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Reading reuses brain areas built for vision and speech

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Curiosity lights up the brain’s reward and memory systems
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Curiosity lights up the brain’s reward and memory systems

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Emotions light up widespread networks, not one “feeling center”
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Emotions light up widespread networks, not one “feeling center”

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Blind people’s visual cortex can help process touch and sound
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Blind people’s visual cortex can help process touch and sound

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The blood-brain barrier filters what reaches your neurons
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The blood-brain barrier filters what reaches your neurons

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Brain folds nearly triple the cortex surface area
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Brain folds nearly triple the cortex surface area

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Working memory holds about 7 items at once
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Working memory holds about 7 items at once

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A typical visual reaction takes about a fifth of a second
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A typical visual reaction takes about a fifth of a second

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Your brain’s myelin insulation speeds signals like cable coating
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Your brain’s myelin insulation speeds signals like cable coating

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Language lives across a connected left-hemisphere network
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Language lives across a connected left-hemisphere network

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Your brain predicts the world before you fully see it
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Your brain predicts the world before you fully see it

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Phantom sensations show the brain keeps a map of the body
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Phantom sensations show the brain keeps a map of the body

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The prefrontal cortex keeps maturing into your mid-20s
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The prefrontal cortex keeps maturing into your mid-20s

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