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Half of your total processing units are crammed into a tiny, wrinkled pouch at the back of your skull. The cerebellum aggressively hoards billions of neurons…
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If you can write perfectly with both hands, your brain is a rare architectural anomaly. Most human brains are completely lopsided, favoring one hemisphere…
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Neurons get all the glory, but they are incredibly messy and completely incapable of cleaning up after themselves. Enter glial cells, the unsung janitorial…
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Mass hysteria occasionally targets the most vulnerable of areas. Koro syndrome involves an overpowering, irrational panic that an individual's genitals are…
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If your physical form matched how your brain allocates processing power, you would have gigantic, cartoonish hands and tiny, useless legs. The motor cortex…
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Experiencing a sudden, overwhelming feeling that you have already lived through the exact present moment is a neurological glitch formally known as deja vu.…
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