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Cerebellum contains half your overall neurons

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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 strictly to manage complex physical movements, leaving the rest of the brain to share the leftovers.

Cerebellum contains half your overall neurons
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