Rhonda SG There's apparently a very interesting documentary entitled as above, produced by PBS in 2002. I don't remember it being broadcast here though. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/ Here's an interesting short article I chanced across : ''Did you know that the brain's ability to reason isn't fully formed until the late teens? Or that the brain keeps churning out fresh neurons - tiny conveyer belts that store knowledge and information - until old age? In the past decade, our understanding of the human brain has increased exponentially. ''We've learnt so much more in the past ten years than we learned in the preceding one hundred.'' says the filmaker, David Grubin. Coming up next... a Brain Tease questionnaire!
Rhonda SG Brain Tease! How much do you really know about your brain? Put on your thinking cap and take this quiz! 1. Who has more connections linking their brain cells? a. An 8-mth old baby b. you, as you read this 2. How many connections between brain cells are found in the normal baby's brain? a. 100,000 b. three million c. one billion d. one thousand trillion 3. When we are asleep, our brains can detect and understand sounds. a. true b. false c. undetermined 4. The area of the brain that processes language is larger in a. women b. men 5. Which are there more of? a. connections in the average person's brain b. stars in the universe Happy thinking! Answers shall follow shortly!
Rhonda SG Answers to the Brain Tease! 1. (a) A baby's brain contains about twice as many connections linking brain cells as an adult brain. By the age of 12, that number has been pared down by about 50%, which is all any of us needs. 2. (d) A thousand trillion!! About half of these get sculpted away because the infant's experience doesn't require them to be used. In their place, other connective pathways grow stronger and more complex. 3. (a) Tests on sleeping subjects demonstrate that the brain actually differentiates between ''pure'' sounds such as bells, and language. 4. (a) The area of the brain that processes language is larger than women. (Therefore, it's not that men cannot nag... they are ill-equipped to nag!! ) 5. (a) The brain wins!
Wanda SG Eat pig's brain to bu3 nao3 (strengthen the brain) ? Yet some ppl always like to scold: Stupid pig! *shrug*
elindra SG I believe that anything produced by mediacorp be it 5, 8 or something else will rot yr brain cells
Meia Gisborn SG Originally posted by Rhonda: 4. (a) The area of the brain that processes language is larger than women. HOLY COW! That's a humungous brain!
