Fascinating facts about the brain....

{1.} 18 is the approximate age when growth of brain stops

{2.} When you laugh while being tickled, what you are experiencing is actually a form of panic.That is why you can’t tickle yourself.

{3.} We have an average of 70,000 thoughts per day.

{4.} Our brain generates 10-23 watts of electricity.

{5}. The Best exercise for brain is laughing.We might think that laughing at a joke is a simple enough action, yet it requires activity in 5 different areas of our brain! .

{6.} The left side of your brain actually controls the right side of your body, and the right side of your brain controls the left side of your body.

{7.} Right vs Left -The brain is divided into two identical sides. While they do co-operate together, the left brain is involved with more rational aspects such as logical thinking, and the right side of the brain is more emotionally and visually orientated.

{8.} That being said, your brain is the most fatty organ in your body!as it contains more than 60% fat!

{9.} When you sleep, you’re virtually paralyzed because your brain creates a hormone to prevent you from acting out your dreams.

{10.} No Pain - The brain contains no pain receptors, therefore it cannot feel pain! This is the reason why brain surgery is able to be performed on the patient while they are still awake.

I had no idea about the tickling bit… :cb:


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wow!!!!!!!!!!! amazing!

mere liye to amazing fact hai k ham iskaa omelet banaa kar khaa sakte haiN! :D

10 is really amazing!

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7 was recently shown to be just a myth

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The brain just fascinates me. Last month, I attended a seminar about the Human Brain Project which was delivered by Professor Henry Markram. The project was officially launched this month and they’re going to be doing some work with the supercomputer here at KAUST hence the seminar. Although my research has nothing to do with the brain, it was just fascinating to sit through the presentation. I was in awe of how complex and intricate the human brain is, I just kept saying SubhanAllah throughout the presentation. This project is a collaboration between 80 universities all around the world. Thousands of scientists are going to be working together for 10 years, spending over a billion euros, just so they can attempt to understand the human brain. Did I mention it was fascinating?

This is Professor Markram on Ted talks.

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Apparently we only know 10% of the brain!

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lol..this was pretty bad..

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wow nice sharing

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How amazing isn't Allahs work. SubhanAllah!

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8) 60% fat?

Up to 78% is water. Around 10-12% lipids (fat) in whole human brain. Rest are chemicals etc.

Insaaf Ka Tarazu- I am not able to provide the source but Watts is correct.

One Watt = 1 Joule/sec. 1 Calorie = 4184 Joules.

Brain uses about 25% of calorie at rest/sleep. And somehow the calculation was made to 24 Watts at rest.

Up to 80 Watts daytime.

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The non water part has is 60% of fat

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Yes. Thanks.

I must have been hungry and ate the decimal. :D

A good piece of information.. :k:

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The two hemispheres are not identical in terms of structure...

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where do thought/ ideas come from?

is it some kind of collision of electrical waves or what?

i like # 5.

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A unique short blog piece titled: Science Reveals Artists Really Do Have Different Brains](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/study-shows-that-artists-have-different-brains-compared-to-everyone-else)

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Nice find Kohinoor.

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I had no clue about the brain not experiencing any pain.

There was this incident in our area recently , a man got shot in the head but survived Ma Shaa Allah. I am just wondering if he would have experienced pain ?

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chances are that he did experience some pain as the bullet would have had to travel through skin and bone......but inside the brain matter.....likely not.

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Hmmm you are right , Muzna. That must have been the case.

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see now you made me think and look it up…

Giz Explains: What Happens when You Get Shot in the Head