Brain Boosters
Asking your child’s brain to function without proper care is like asking an airplane to fly with gasoline as fuel. Like the airplane, the brain is an advanced machine that requires specialized fuel. A growing, maturing brain requires proper care to reach peak performance.
Asking your child’s brain to function without proper care is like asking an airplane to fly with gasoline as fuel. Like the airplane, the brain is an advanced machine that requires specialized fuel. A growing, maturing brain requires proper care to reach peak performance.
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Basic brain facts
Interesting brain facts
Important brain facts
- The brain is 3% of our body mass but uses 20% of our oxygen and blood flow.
- The brain can only survive 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen.
- The brain cannot not feel pain.
- The brain has the consistency of soft tofu.
- The brain is about 75% water.
- There are about 100 billion neurons in the brain and each has
1,000 to 10,000 synapses (did neuro-scientists really count them?). - The brain and the nervous system are interconnected.
Interesting brain facts
- About 30,000 neurons would fit in the head of a needle.
- The brain generates up to 25 watts of power, enough to light a small bulb.
- There are more potential connections in the brain than there are known particles in the universe.
- The brain produces a range of brain frequencies that reveal a surprising amount of information as to the physical and mental state of the person being measured.
- A human brain weighs an average of 1,350 grams for adults and 375 grams for infants. How do we compare with the other species?
* Elephant: 3,783 grams
* Walrus: 1,100 grams
* Polar Bear: 498 grams
* Lion: 240 grams
* Beagle: 72 grams
* Bull Frog: 0.24 grams
Important brain facts
- The brain records life experieces as memories. Memories form neuropathways that contain "content" and "feeling."
- Perception deeply affects how neuropathways are formed. Experiences perceived as "negative" create negative charges or negative emotions. Experiences perceived as "positive" create positive charges or positive emotions. These emotions impact the body, mind and health.
- The brain is exposed to a continuous stream of positive and negative factors and an ever-increasing number of brain stress factors that affect brain balance.
Information taken from: http://www.brainharmonycenter.com/
Resources accumulated by Joanne Warner, 4th grade teacher, Arlington Elementary School