12 Shocking Facts about the Human Brain

What are some shocking and amazing facts about the human brain you didn’t know? How does the brain really work? In this video, we explore these questions and more. Enjoy!

Sources:

Essential fatty acids and human brain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

Brain Facts
https://sciencefirst.com/10-interesti...

Heaviest Organs in the Human Body
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-huma...

The Blood Supply of the Brain and Spinal Cord
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...

Blood Vessels
https://www.fi.edu/heart/blood-vessels

Blood Vessels and the Brain
https://www.med.unc.edu/neurology/fil...

Early Brain Development and Health
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevel...

Brain Architecture
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/s...

Stone Age Surgery
http://discovermagazine.com/1997/sep/...

“Seeing” with Ears in Some Blind People
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...

Shrinking Brains
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Speed of Nerve Impulses
https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/...

Anatomy and Ultrastructure
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB...

Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

The Rise and Fall of Cognitive Skills
http://news.mit.edu/2015/brain-peaks-...

When Does Cognitive Functioning Peak?
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...

What is Brain Death?
https://science.howstuffworks.com/lif...

Music: “Cute” and “Ukulele” from Bensound.com

Thanks to Tristan Reed (writing), Troy W. Hudson (VO), HowlingCreations for helping to create this video!