其他心理学课程Brain---basics-2010.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Brain Your Brain is HUNGRY Makes up 2 % of your body weight Consumes 20% of the energy you take in!! If it goes without oxygen for 10 seconds you will lose consciousness 4 minutes may cause permanent brain damage. The Brain weighs 1300 - 1400 g ( about 3 pounds) Is about the size of a medium Cauliflower made up of about 100 billion neurons Number of synapses (the gap between neurons): 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) “the most complex living structure on the universe” Society for Neuroscience makes us who we are