Interesting facts about the brain!

Does the brain process information faster than a computer?

• Yes

• No

....... % of the human brain is made of fat.

• 50%

• 10%

• 60%

• 30%

Your brain isn't fully formed untill age 25.

• True

• False

Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. Research suggests the human brain consists of about......neurons.

• 82 million

• 86 billion

• 22 billion

• 35 million

Brain information travels up to an impressive 460 kilometers per hour.

• True

• False

1. Is it a myth that you only use 10% of your brain?

• Yes

• Not

Answer explanation

1. You actually use all of it. (Yes, even when you are sleeping.) Neurologists confirm that your brain is always active.

How much does the average brain weigh?

• 3.2 kg

• 5.5 kg

• 2.2 kg

• 1.3 kg

Answer explanation

A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses.

Can your brain itself feel any pain?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

1. A brain freeze is really a sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. This pain occurs when cold hits the receptors in the outer covering of the brain, called the meninges. The cold creates a dilation and contraction of arteries, causing a rapid-onset headache.

On average, what number of thoughts is estimated that the human brain produces on an average day?

• 20 000

• 70 000

• 80 000

• 2 000

Your brain has ...... kilometers worth of blood vessels.

• 160 000 kilometers

• 100 000 kilometers

• 60 000 kilometers

• 260 000 kilometers

Answer explanation

Enough to circle Earth approximately four times!!!