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Top 15 Facts About Your Brain

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Isn't it amazing how an organ that accounts upto 2% of our body weight takes up almost 20% of the energy our body creates? Here's a list of some more cool facts about your brain!

1

Your brain is 73% water but it takes only 2% dehydration to affect your attention and memory.

Your brain is 73% water but it takes only 2% dehydration to affect your attention and memory.
2

Babies have larger heads because their brains develop more than twice as fast at that age.

Babies have larger heads because their brains develop more than twice as fast at that age.
3

Our brains use 20% of the total blood produced

Our brains use 20% of the total blood produced
4

There are one hundred billion neurons in the brain.

There are one hundred billion neurons in the brain.
5

Multitasking makes you less productive by decreasing in attention span, performance, and short-term memory.

Multitasking makes you less productive by decreasing in attention span, performance, and short-term memory.
6

Stressing can shrink your brain.

Stressing can shrink your brain.
7

There is no such thing as a left-brain or right-brain personality type.

There is no such thing as a left-brain or right-brain personality type.
8

We can store upto seven digits at a time.

We can store upto seven digits at a time.
9

Memory is more of an activity than a place.

Memory is more of an activity than a place.
10

There is no sensation of pain in the brain.

There is no sensation of pain in the brain.
11

Your brain is incapable of forming memories when you're drunk.

Your brain is incapable of forming memories when you're drunk.
12

During pregnancy neurons multiply faster than normal.

During pregnancy neurons multiply faster than normal.
13

95% of your decisions take place in your subconscious mind.

95% of your decisions take place in your subconscious mind.
14

There are about 10,000 types of neurons in the brain.

There are about 10,000 types of neurons in the brain.
15

Brain information moves at an impressive 260 miles per hour.

Brain information moves at an impressive 260 miles per hour.