- romantic love, passion, and romantic rejection are found in same area of brain as addiction, and when triggered, release same neurochemicals and produce same results as person in cocaine withdrawal.
- the Human Brain Project (HBP) is a global collaborative effort launched by the European Commission to address fundamental issues in future neuroscience, medicine and computing in order to understand the human brain and its diseases.
- the average human brain weighs 3 lbs, accounts for 2% of total body weight, is 140 mm wide, 167 mm long, 93 mm high, contains 100 billion neurons and has a total surface area of 2500 sq. cm.
- during the 1st month of a life a baby will increase the synaptic growth of their brain from 50 million to 1 quadrillion new connections (do you know how many zero's in a quadrillion?!?).
- chronic and/or traumatic stress can shrink the size of your hippocampus. Want to reverse/increase memory? Regular exercise, intense learning, antidepressants - the trifecta of hippocampal brain health.
- we have 'mirror neurons' in the frontal lobe of our brain that mimic movement & feeling. When watching streaming video our mirror neurons light up
- those that meditate have larger brain area in the hippocampus, the thalamus, and the inferior temporal lobe than non-meditators
- neurolaw is a new field of study that reflects how recent developments in neuroscience impact court proceedings, rulings and sentencing
- childhood abuse lowers the amount of grey matter in the prefrontal cortex
- learning is to the brain what weight lifting is to the body.