Our eBook features one hundred and one extraordinary facts, and every week one wee nugget of information is posted on the Foundation’s social media feeds.The aim is to remove some of the mystery – and apprehension – about matters of the brain and the nervous system and have a little fun at the same time.
The Neurosciences Foundation published “The A to Z of Neuroscience – 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Nuts, Noggins, Numskulls and Nerves“ to celebrate World Brain Day 2024.
Some gems from the Neurosciences Foundation’s A to Z of Neurosciences eBook include: Busy Brains. It is a myth that humans only use 10% of our brain. We actually use all of it. We’re even using more than 10 percent when we sleep. Fat. Sixty percent of the human brain is made of fat. Not only does that make it the fattiest organ in the human body, but these fatty acids are crucial for your brain’s performance. And among the lighter-hearted topics: The Numskulls is a comic strip in The Beano, and previously in The Beezer and The Dandy – UK comics owned by D.C Thomson. The strip is about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside the heads of various people, running and maintaining their bodies and minds. It first appeared in The Beezer from 1962 until 1979.
