Fact or Myth? The Brain

People can live even after one-half of their brain has been surgically removed.

• FACT
• MYTH

Patients who have brain surgery are awake during the operation.

• FACT
• MYTH

The brain is the only organ that is done growing when you are born.

• FACT
• MYTH

The human brain weighs approximately three pounds.

• FACT
• MYTH

The central nervous system includes the brain and the spinal cord.

• FACT
• MYTH

The spinal cord produces some behaviors that your brain is never aware of.

• FACT
• MYTH

The younger you are, the more quickly your brain processes things.

• FACT
• MYTH

The brain doesn’t grow new cells.

• FACT
• MYTH

People can learn to control some automatic processes like blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature.

• FACT
• MYTH

Brain damage is always permanent.

• FACT
• MYTH