About the Brain

• The old adage of humans only using 10% of their brain is not true. Every part of the brain has a known function.
• At birth our brains weigh and average of 350-400g, as adults the brain averages 1300-1400g .
• Your brain is about 2% of your total body weight but uses 20% of your body's energy.
• The energy used by the brain is enough to light a 25 watt bulb.
• More electrical impulses are generated in one day by a single human brain than by all the telephones in the world.
• 70,000 is the number of thoughts that it is estimated the human brain produces on an average day.
• After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
• The human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consists of at least 60% fat.
• Alcohol interferes with brain processes by weakening connections between neurons.
• Reading aloud and talking often to a young child promotes brain development.