Neuroscience Fun Facts

About how many nerve cells are in the human brain?

What percent fat is the human brain?

How many eyes do scorpions have?

What food is the brain most similar to in consistency?

What age is best to learn new information?

What is the longest living cell in your body?

What is the total number of smell receptors in your nose?

T/F: Some people are left-brained, while others are right-brained

T/F: Your brain consumes one-fifth the total energy that your body expends while resting.

What happens to the brain during sleep?

What does the eye's lens do to the orientation of the visual image?

What effect does learning two languages at the same time have on your brain?

What if we lined up all the neurons in our body? How long would that line stretch?

How much blood flows through the brain per minute?

How much does your skin alone weigh?

Which hemisphere of the brain has more neurons?

What color is the brain?

T/F: You are born with all the neurons you will ever have

T/F: The brain can't feel pain

How many new brain cells do adults grow per day?

T/F: Most of the thoughts we have in a day are negative

T/F: Brain damage is always permanent

T/F: We use only 10% of our brains

What percentage of intelligence is set by your genes?

To the closest pound, how heavy is the average adult brain?

During what period of sleep do we dream?

At what age does the brain usually stop developing?

What happens in your brain when you learn new things?

Approximately how many chemical reactions take place in your brain every second?

What travels fastest? (One can travel at 260 mph and the other can travel at 267 mph)

How much of your body heat is lost through your head?

T/F: People learn better when taught in their preferred learning style (pictures, words, sound)

What effect does listening to classical music have on babies?