Until the 17th century, no one even imagined that all our spiritual and mental activity takes place in the brain. Emotions, reasoning and actions were associated with certain "animal spirits" that circle in the cavities of the head and travel with blood throughout the body. Modern science can look deep into the brain, decompose it into atoms. But the more we study it, the more we realize that we know nothing about it.
People with trained brains get sick less often and live longer
We all know that the brain can and should be trained - developed. Music lessons, solving mathematical or logical problems, learning foreign languages are best suited for this task. It has been scientifically proven that during such training, the brain substance increases in volume and the brain itself begins to work more efficiently. But the beauty here is not only that in this way we can become smarter and more intelligent. The brain is not only consciousness and mind. The brain controls absolutely all processes in the body: blood pressure, electrolyte balance, the ratio of potassium and calcium, and much, much more. accordingly, a trained brain controls the body better, reacts faster to any changes. There have been special studies that have proven that people with higher IQs live longer and get sick less often.
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The human brain can be more complex than the universe itself
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Modern diagnostic methods and measuring instruments have already achieved very high precision, which allows you to look into the deepest corners of the human brain. It is absolutely certain that there are more than a trillion neurons in the average person's brain. This is a really huge number. But by themselves, neurons are practically nothing without connections between them. It is these connections that determine how efficient our brain is, are responsible for our short-term and long-term memory, and indeed for everything. So there are more of these very connections between neurons in the brain of an ordinary person than there are elementary particles in the entire Universe.
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Saying "my brain" is not correct, because it is most likely not ours, but its own
Special studies were carried out, during which a person placed in a tomograph was given simple logical problems. The results of these studies were so amazing that at first the scientists themselves refused to believe in them. The fact is that, judging by the activity recorded by the tomograph, it took several seconds from the moment the brain made a decision to the moment the person gave the answer. For the speed of propagation of nerve impulses, this is a lot, that is, it could not be attributed to simple delays. It turns out that even a few seconds before we give an answer to a problem, the brain has already independently made a decision about which answer to give. But what is even more striking, after that the brain sent a special impulse to the person, something like: "Don't worry, you made the decision solely on your own."
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Are we there?
Alcoholics, of course, are mostly asocial people and generally of little use, but in one of the issues of studying the work of the brain, they were able to help scientists a lot. So, in the process of researching the hallucinations of people with delirium tremens, it turned out that they not only see and hear those "devils" that they see, but also feel and, most amazingly, even smell them. Can you imagine how cruel joke our brain plays with them, and dreams with everyone? These hallucinators experience almost the entire spectrum of sensations that make them feel confident that their hallucinations are real. Likewise, we can see, hear, touch and smell, for example, a cat in a room, or other people on the street. Where is the guarantee that they really exist and are not just a quirk of our brain? Here you can argue that everyone can see the cat and people on the street,and "devils" are only one individual alcoholic. But no, there is evidence that several people can experience the same hallucination at the same time.
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You may not be able to read, but be a genius
Following the standards of our educational system, we are accustomed to the fact that if a person reads poorly, writes poorly, and does not know how to establish social ties, then he or she is likely to have low intelligence. But this is not necessarily the case. Moreover, there are plenty of reverse examples both in history and in science. There are people who read extremely poorly, make 40 mistakes per page when they write, but at the same time easily solve complex mathematical equations and multiply six-digit numbers in their minds. One of these was the well-known Einstein, who did extremely poorly at school and experienced great difficulties in reading and writing.
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Consciousness is not only human
We humans have called ourselves the crown of creation. We are the most intelligent creatures on Earth, but far from the only ones. Modern methods of brain research allow scientists to say that some higher animals also have consciousness, that is, awareness of their own "I". Dolphins have it, in general all whales, great primates, elephants, it seems that corvids also have it. There were simple experiments, during which the chimpanzee smeared soot on his cheek, he went to the mirror and began to wipe this cheek. That is, the animal recognizes itself in the mirror. There were also complex experiments with tomographs and other precision equipment. All of them prove that many higher animals possess consciousness and self-awareness to one degree or another.
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The brain uses very little energy
In its normal state, the brain "consumes" about 10 watts of energy. This, of course, is a very conventional expression. But this is roughly the power that the brain needs to carry out its daily tasks. During the minutes of the highest mental activity, the energy consumption of the brain can increase up to 30 W. And this despite the fact that the "computing power" of our brain is comparable to supercomputers, which consume electricity like a small city. Scientists have not yet been able to understand exactly how the brain manages such small energy resources. As soon as this task is solved, a revolution in our energy sector will await us.
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The impulse speed of different neurons is also different
The human brain is made up of different types of neurons that interact with each other and with other parts of the body. So, depending on what type of this neuron, information, that is, a nerve impulse through it, can go at different speeds. And often these speeds differ at times. So, for example, there are neurons along which information moves at a speed of only 1.5 km / h, and there are those along which it literally "flies" at a speed of 440 km / h. And this is a very important indicator, because axons (the very processes of neurons that form connections) in the brain of each person can be up to 161,000 kilometers.
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The brain is always working 100%
And finally, a few words about a common myth, according to which our brain allegedly uses only 3, 5, 10% of its true potential. And if he teaches him to work 100%, then you can reach unprecedented heights. In fact, this is, of course, nonsense. The brain, as we have already found out, is not only memory, thoughts and intelligence, it is the operational center of control of the entire organism. And even while you are lying on the couch and not thinking about anything, and, accordingly, it seems to you that your brain is not loaded, in fact, it works at 100%. Indeed, it is at the same time that he controls the work of the heart, controls breathing, processes information from the senses and much, much more. Your brain is always busy.
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