His Name Is Frank
Bluelight Crew
Did you know that the human brain operates on the same amount of power as 10-watt light bulb? The cartoon image of a light bulb over your head when a great thought occurs isn’t too far off the mark. Your brain generates as much energy as a small light bulb even when you’re sleeping.
Also, the human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Or any other encyclopedia for that matter. Scientists have yet to settle on a definitive amount, but the storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms is thought to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. The National Archives of Britain, containing over 900 years of history, only takes up 70 terabytes, making your brain’s memory power pretty darn impressive.
Brain function:
Oxygen: Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.
Blood: As with oxygen, your brain uses 20% of the blood circulating in your body.
Unconsciousness: If your brain loses blood for 8 to 10 seconds, you will lose consciousness.
Speed: Information can be processed as slowly as 0.5 meters/sec or as fast as 120 meters/sec (about 268 miles/hr).
Wattage: While awake, your brain generates between 10 and 23 watts of power–or enough energy to power a light bulb.
Yawns: It is thought that a yawn works to send more oxygen to the brain, therefore working to cool it down and wake it up.
Neocortex: The neocortex makes up about 76% of the human brain and is responsible for language and consciousness. The human neocortex is much larger than in animals.
10%: The old adage of humans only using 10% of their brain is not true. Every part of the brain has a known function.
Brain death: The brain can live for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen, and then it begins to die. No oxygen for 5 to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain damage.
Temperature: The next time you get a fever, keep in mind that the highest human body temperature ever recorded was 115.7 degrees–and the man survived.
Stress: Excessive stress has shown to "alter brain cells, brain structure and brain function."
Love hormones and autism: Oxytocin, one of the hormones responsible for triggering feelings of love in the brain, has shown some benefits to helping control repetitive behaviors in those with autism.
Food and intelligence: A study of one million students in New York showed that students who ate lunches that did not include artificial flavors, preservatives, and dyes did 14% better on IQ tests than students who ate lunches with these additives.
Seafood: In the March 2003 edition of Discover magazine, a report describes how people in a 7-year study who ate seafood at least one time every week had a 30% lower occurrence of dementia.
Also, the human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Or any other encyclopedia for that matter. Scientists have yet to settle on a definitive amount, but the storage capacity of the brain in electronic terms is thought to be between 3 or even 1,000 terabytes. The National Archives of Britain, containing over 900 years of history, only takes up 70 terabytes, making your brain’s memory power pretty darn impressive.
Brain function:
Oxygen: Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen in your body.
Blood: As with oxygen, your brain uses 20% of the blood circulating in your body.
Unconsciousness: If your brain loses blood for 8 to 10 seconds, you will lose consciousness.
Speed: Information can be processed as slowly as 0.5 meters/sec or as fast as 120 meters/sec (about 268 miles/hr).
Wattage: While awake, your brain generates between 10 and 23 watts of power–or enough energy to power a light bulb.
Yawns: It is thought that a yawn works to send more oxygen to the brain, therefore working to cool it down and wake it up.
Neocortex: The neocortex makes up about 76% of the human brain and is responsible for language and consciousness. The human neocortex is much larger than in animals.
10%: The old adage of humans only using 10% of their brain is not true. Every part of the brain has a known function.
Brain death: The brain can live for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen, and then it begins to die. No oxygen for 5 to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain damage.
Temperature: The next time you get a fever, keep in mind that the highest human body temperature ever recorded was 115.7 degrees–and the man survived.
Stress: Excessive stress has shown to "alter brain cells, brain structure and brain function."
Love hormones and autism: Oxytocin, one of the hormones responsible for triggering feelings of love in the brain, has shown some benefits to helping control repetitive behaviors in those with autism.
Food and intelligence: A study of one million students in New York showed that students who ate lunches that did not include artificial flavors, preservatives, and dyes did 14% better on IQ tests than students who ate lunches with these additives.
Seafood: In the March 2003 edition of Discover magazine, a report describes how people in a 7-year study who ate seafood at least one time every week had a 30% lower occurrence of dementia.
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