52 Brain Facts Did You Know? Popular Articles It’s Brain Awareness Week! marzo 13, 2017junio 30, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 10 Brain Facts, 52 Brain Facts, BAW, Brain Awareness Week, Interviews, Videos, Weird Animal Brains Every March, Brain Awareness Week (BAW, for short) unifies the world in celebration of the brain and mind! In order to raise awareness about how the brain works, what neuroscientists… Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? One region of the brain sets us humans apart from other species. agosto 22, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Analyze, Architecture, Awesome, Cerebro, Communicate, Control, Cool, Corteza, Evolution, Evolve, Fact, Knowing Neurons, language, Large, Logical, Myth, Neocortex, Rainbow, SciArt, SciComm … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Your vibrating cell phone helps release sodium ions. agosto 15, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Action Potential, Awesome, Cerebro, Connective tissue, Cool, Fact, Feel, Ion, Ions, Myth, Nerve, sistema nervioso, Pacinian corpuscle, Pacinian corpuscles, Pressue, Sodium, Spike, Touch, Vibration … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Sleep Myth or Fact? Your brain paralyzes your body when you sleep. agosto 8, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Paralysis, REM, Sleep … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The Brain Can Form Honest Lies agosto 1, 2016junio 5, 2019 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Deceit, Fact, Honest, Honesty, Korsakoff, Lie, psiquiatría, True, Truth … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The Brain Doesn’t Listen to the Heart julio 25, 2016junio 5, 2019 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Corteza, Heart, Heartbeat, Investigar, RomCom … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Sensation and Perception Myth or Fact? Some People Can Use Echolocation julio 18, 2016junio 5, 2019 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Audition, auditory, Bat, Blind, Cane, Click, Corteza, Echolocation, Hear, Hearing, Location, Navigate, Sense, Sight, Sound, Tap, Visión, Whale … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Neuroscience Technologies Myth or Fact? It is possible to make the whole brain transparent. julio 11, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, CLARITY, clear, Fat, Hydrogel, Imágenes, Lipid, Opaque, see-through, Technique … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Sleep Myth or Fact? A misfolded protein can cause you to never sleep again. julio 4, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Disease, Fatal Familial Insomnia, FFI, gen, Insomnia, Misfolded, mutation, Neuronas, Prion, Protein, Sleep, Thalamus … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Drug abuse can put holes in your brain. junio 27, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Addiction, Cerebro, Cocaine, Dopamina, Drug Abuse, las drugas, Function, Hole, neurotransmisor, Reward, Trauma … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The brain is completely separated from the body’s immune network. junio 20, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Blood, Blood-brain barrier, Cerebro, Immune, Lymphatic, Meninges, Microscope, Microscopy, Vessels … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Neurons can be genetically engineered to come in all colors of the rainbow. junio 13, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Animal, Blue, Cerebro, Brainbow, connectome, Cool, Engineer, Engineering, Fact, Fluorescent, gen, genetic, Verde, Image, Mice, Modification, Modified, Mouse, Rainbow, Red … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Eating blueberries is good for your brain. mayo 30, 2016junio 30, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Blueberries, Cerebro, Communication, Salud, Aprendizaje, Memory, Motor control, estrés, Weak … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Everyone can mentally “tag” their friends. mayo 16, 2016junio 11, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Face, Face Blindness, Fact, FFA, Fusiform face area, Head, Injury, Prosopagnosia, Recognition, Recognize, carrera … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? A little stress is good for the brain. mayo 9, 2016junio 4, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Benefit, Cerebro, Dread, glucocorticoid, Hippocampus, Hormone, Hypothalamus, LTP, Memory, Neurociencia, Plasticity, Risk, Roller coaster, estrés, Synapse, Tiempo … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The nematode is the only organism with a complete neuronal map. mayo 2, 2016mayo 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, C. elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans, connectivity, connectome, Diagram, Map, nematode, Neurona, Synapse, worm … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Your brain has a waste disposal system. abril 25, 2016mayo 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Blood, Cerebro, Degradation, Disposal, Elimination, Enzyme, Garbage, Neurodegenerative disease, Neurociencia, Waste … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Cortical folding is a lot like crumpling paper. abril 18, 2016mayo 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Corteza, Folding … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Having multiple personalities is a hallmark of schizophrenia. abril 11, 2016abril 28, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Disorder, Hallucination, Neurociencia, Psychosis, Esquizofrenia, Symptom … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Vaccines cause autism. abril 4, 2016enero 18, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, ASD, Autismo, Cerebro, CDC, Center for Disease Control, Falsified Data, measles-mumps-rubella, Misinformation, MMR, Myth, Vaccination, Vaccine … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? When geneticists talk about Manhattan, they don’t mean NYC. marzo 28, 2016abril 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Biología, Cerebro, Chromosome, Disease, DNA, gen, Genetics, Manhattan, Method, Neurociencia, Plot, Scatter, Science, Significance, Skyline, SNP, Trait, Value … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Dyslexia varies across different languages. marzo 21, 2016marzo 27, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Dislexia, Grapheme, language, Letter, Phoneme, Sound … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? We only dream when we sleep. marzo 14, 2016marzo 13, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Day Dream, Dreaming, hypnagogic hallucination, Narcolepsy, Sleep … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Popular Articles Myth or Fact? Many psychopaths have a poor sense of smell. marzo 7, 2016marzo 23, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Frontal lobe, Olfaction, olfactory, Olfactory Bulb, Percepción, Psychopath, Smell … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Everyone perceives bitter taste the same way. febrero 22, 2016febrero 22, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, bitter, Bitterness, Chocolate, Kale, TAS2R38, taste … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Folic acid is important for embryonic brain development. febrero 17, 2016febrero 17, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Asparagus, Baby, Broccoli, Desarrollo, Fetal, Fetus, Folic Acid, Verde, Neurociencia, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Spinach … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Popular Articles Myth or Fact? The brain is the fattest organ in the body. febrero 8, 2016marzo 23, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Body, Cerebro, Fact, Fat, Organ … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? All animals have only five senses. febrero 1, 2016febrero 10, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Five, Magnet, Magnetic, Magnetoreception, Navigation, Senses … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Splitting the brain results in two largely independent streams of consciousness. enero 25, 2016febrero 10, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Cerebral, Consciousness, Corpus callosum, Hemisphere, Split, Split brain … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? 10% of your genes describe the organization of the brain. enero 18, 2016febrero 7, 2016 knowingneurons 50%, 52 Brain Facts, 98%, Body, Cerebro, complex, Desarrollo, DNA, genes, Knowing Neurons, Organization … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Bigger brains are smarter brains. enero 11, 2016febrero 11, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Big, Cerebro, Knowing Neurons, Size … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Blind spots do not occur in healthy eyes. enero 4, 2016febrero 3, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Blind, Blind spot, Cerebro, Eye, Nerve, Optic nerve, Retina … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? All human senses take the most direct route possible from sensory neurons to the cortex. diciembre 28, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Corteza, Olfaction, olfactory, Relay, Senses, Smell, Stopover, Thalamus … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? An adult brain has enough myelin to stretch from New York to Tokyo. diciembre 21, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Earth, myelin, Neurociencia … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or fact? Some neurotransmitters travel backwards across the synapse. diciembre 14, 2015marzo 22, 2016 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Axon, Hunger, Marijuana, neurotransmisor, Receptor, Retrograde, Synapse, THC … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or fact? A highly centralized nervous system is necessary for intelligent behaviors. diciembre 7, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Autonomous, Inteligencia, Knowing Neurons, Nervous, Octopus, Tool … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Axonal conduction delays and processing time prevent us from experiencing the world in "real time." noviembre 30, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Past, Percepción, Tiempo, Visión … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The brain's energy consumption is small compared to other organs. noviembre 23, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Breathe, Education, Energy, Fact, Myth, Neurociencia, Oxygen … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Synapses increase twentyfold during the first month of life. noviembre 16, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Connection, Desarrollo, Size, Synapse … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Artists use their right brain significantly more than their left brain. noviembre 9, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Hemisphere, Left, Right … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The mechanism by which caffeine keeps humans awake is a mystery. noviembre 2, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Adenosine, Awake, Caffeine, Receptor, Sleep … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The brain forms inside-out. octubre 26, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Desarrollo, Inside-out, Layers, Neurodevelopment, Trifle … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The neurotransmitter serotonin is solely located in the brain. octubre 19, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Intestino, neurotransmisor, serotonin … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The brain is impenetrable to many important drugs. octubre 12, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Bouncer, Drug … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Cutting into the brain of an awake patient directly results in agonizing pain. octubre 5, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Dura, Headache, Nociception, Nociceptor, Pain, Pia, Receptor, Skull … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The brain region with the most neurons is responsible for motor coordination. septiembre 28, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Cerebellum, Motor, Movement, Walk … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? It would take ten human brains to match the energy consumption of one light bulb. septiembre 21, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Cerebro, Energy, Light bulb, Power, Watts … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The capillaries of the brain are hundreds of miles long. septiembre 14, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Blood, Cerebro, Capillaries, Knowing Neurons, Length, Oxygen … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? Spice receptors on your tongue allow you to taste hot food. septiembre 7, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, bitter, Knowing Neurons, Receptor, Salty, Sour, Spice, sweet, taste, Tongue … Leer más
52 Brain Facts Myth or Fact? The number of neurons in the brain is comparable to the number of stars in our galaxy. agosto 31, 2015 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, Galaxy, Knowing Neurons, Neurona … Leer más