What are some brain memory facts that you should know
By Job Obonyo - 2020-05-08 16:42:19 - [General]
1. It has been proven by scientific research that the human brain starts to remember things from the womb. The memory starts to work just 20 weeks after conception.
2. Short-term memory only lasts 20 to 30 seconds.
3. The human brain’s storage capacity is virtually limitless.
4. Caffeine only helps to increase alertness, it doesn’t maintain memory performances.
5. Many people link aging with memory loss. However, the memory loss people experience as they age is because they tend to exercise their brains less.
6. Your memory has the ability to associate a scent with a particular occurrence or event.
7. Researchers are starting to understand that the human minds can re-invent, distort, exaggerate or create a memory after any traumatic experience or event that affected them greatly.
8. Cholesterol is key to learning and memory. However, high cholesterol has different effects depending on your age and other factors.
9. The human brain begins to lose some memory abilities as well as some cognitive skills by your late 20s.
10. Your brain uses 20 percent of the oxygen and blood in your body.
11. Computer or video games may help improve cognitive abilities. However, more studies must be conducted to learn how much they help or what types of games help.
12. During the mummification process, Egyptians would usually remove the brains through the nose.
13. Phantom limb pain syndrome is when the central nervous system, which includes your brain, continues to feel the pain of a limb that has been amputated.
14. The human brain will grow three times its size in the first year of life. It continues to grow until you’re about 18 years old.
15. The largest brain of any animal is that of the sperm whale. It weighs about 20 pounds.
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