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10 interesting facts about humans brain
10 interesting facts about humans brain
Since everyone will be reading this will be a human, its time to learn more about yourself and your species. Like small part of you as your brain can hold life wonders and you just don’t know it. There is no wonder that the brain is one fascinating and incredible organ, many scientists question if we will ever figure it out? Since many researchers and doctors have devoted their entire lives to understand how it works! And till this very moment many of these questions haven’t been fulfilled about the human’s brain, it is very complicated indeed.
So did you know that..
“synapse” by Allan Ajifo is licensed under CC BY 4.0 1.The brain feels no pain.
Even though the brain acts as the central command for the central nervous system, it has no one pain receptor, it is the only organ in the human body that lacks nerves. This part of your body can feel no pain!
2.The brain consumes energy more than you think.
The human brain consumes the largest portion of the total energy that is generated in the human body. the brain consumes 20% of that energy even though it only represents 2% of the total body weight. The energy is vital and essential for maintaining healthy brain cells and pumping nerve impulses.
3.Your brain is fat, no offense.
The human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consists of at least 60% fat!
4.You are bigger than the world.
Number of neurons inside of the brain determines the speed of the processing ability of your brain. So did you know that the number of neurons present in the brain is approximately 100 billion which is about 15 times of the total human population on earth!
5.Your brain never ages.
Actually your brain stop growing at the age of 18.
6.Brain misusing.
There are many quotes and people say that we human beings use less than 10% of our brain. This is not mainly true because brain functions at many scales and each part of the brain has a known function. Doesn’t ignore the fact that there are some people who don’t use it at all!
7. Shaping Emotions.
The capacity for emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear and shyness are already developed at birth. The specific type of nurturing a child receives shapes how these emotions are developed. Better watch out for what your kids are receiving.
8.Let’s burn the house.
The energy consumed by your brain is sufficient enough to illuminate a light bulb! The brain consume energy approximately 25 watts.
9. No one is perfect, even your brain.
Our brain is not perfect as many think, so often it has been found to fool us, making us perceive things differently from reality.
10.High temperature is not enough to kill you.
Next time you get a fever, keep in mind that the highest human body temperature ever recorded was 115.7 degrees.
NB: The man survived.
“98 Degrees” by Ray Bodden is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Can you imagine that the brain we have been talking about up there is you? You hardly know how things work inside of us and what are the drives of our dreams, hopes, thoughts, guesses,etc..
It is indeed an interesting topic, stay tuned for more articles..
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SYNESTHESIA is not sickness – It is beautiful brain malfunction
SYNESTHESIA is not sickness – it is beautiful brain malfunction
“She has that displacement of the senses which others take drugs to find. So she is like a lover of rock who sees vibrations when she hears sounds.“
That’s what Norman Mailer said about Marilyn Monroe in his book
You might not believe me but Marilyn Monroe was sick! she had “ SYNESTHESIA “.
Synesthesia is a neurological anomaly in which stimulation of one sensory system simultaneously stimulates another system, making it one of the rarest anomalies on earth! It means people with synesthesia can taste notes, hear colors or smell days!
Why am bringing this up now ?
Because a very special artist decided to paint what she sees .
Well, decided to paint the music she sees!Melissa s. McCracken ‘s website front page
“But the most wonderful “brain malfunction” of all is seeing the music I hear. It flows in a mixture of hues, textures, and movements, shifting as if it were a vital and intentional element of each song. Having synesthesia isn’t distracting or disorienting. It adds a unique vibrant to the world I experience.“
Being able to actually SEE music in action , colored and moving vitally around the place , shifting and changing its texture and patterns, had given Melissa a sensation privilege allowing her to produce some magnificent pieces of arts
Did you ever think how Karma Police for Radio head will look like if it was a paint ?Well that’s how Melissa sees it :
Or what about the beautiful “ At Last “ when sung by Etta James, well better seen than heard!
“Imagine there’s no heaven, It’s easy if you try
No hell below us, Above us only sky!
Imagine all the people, Living for today… “
John Lennon people, John Lennon
If you want to see more stunning art works you definitely have to pay Melissa’s website a visit!
But WAIT, we are not done here yet
You might say : “Oh, ok that’s good but still, there are not a lot of synesthetic artists out there, why make a deal out of it when it’s only one of a kind?“
Do You know who else have ‘’music to color ‘’ synesthesia?
This man: HappyYes, That’s RIGHT!
He said in Nightline interview “It just always stuck out in my mind, and I could always see it. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I could always visualize what I was hearing… Yeah, it was always like weird colors.”
Do you know Charli XCX? of course you do! who didn’t watch the fault in our stars and cried himself to sleep, Charli is synesthetic!
Want to get more surprised?Kanye west has ‘’Music to color ‘’ synesthesia too !
Actually synesthesia is not exclusive for artists and it’s not ‘’Music To Color‘’ type only.
there’s Richard Feynman, the great scientist. He had “graphemes to color “ synesthesia, meaning he always saw letters and numbers in colors.
Vladimir Sirin, American-Russian author – known for his most famous novel ‘’ Lolita ‘’ – had “graphemes to color “ synesthesia that affected most of his works.
After all, synesthesia is a fascinating neurological condition that opens the minds for new and very different experience and we definitely envy those who have it! So the next time your friend tells you that Mondays are blue, pay attention, he might be seeing something you can’t realize!Image credit: Melissa S McCracken
