🧠 The brain is the most complex and unpredictable organ in the human body.
Over the next few days, the Science Senate will introduce you to interesting facts you probably didn’t know about the human brain.
☑️ The right hemisphere of our brain manages the motor skills of the left side of our body, and the left hemisphere controls and manages the right side.
☑️ With 170 billion cells, including 90 billion neurons that can each form up to 60,000 synapses, it is the most complex machine in the universe.
☑️ With an average weight of 1.4 kg in adults, the brain accounts for about 2% of total body mass.
☑️ Nerve impulses travel at speeds of between 1 and 100 metres per second depending on the case, i.e. up to 360 km/h!
☑️ Women’s brains are on average 100 grams lighter than men’s, without affecting cognitive abilities. Einstein had a relatively small brain.