Table of contents:
- 1. The human brain has the ability to heal wounds
- 2. Stress can make your brain age faster
- 3. Your brain learns from action
- 4. The brain is increasingly able to remember even though you age
- Optimal use of brain power
Did you know that 80 percent of the contents of the bones of your skull are the brain? When combined, the total weight of fluid and blood in your brain is roughly 1.7 liters. The brain is one of the most important organs in the body, because it is the regulator and coordinator of all activities in the body. This organ also has the ability to change and adapt to needs, or what is better known as one of the characteristics of the brain, plasticity. Here are some other facts about your brainpower that you may not have known.
1. The human brain has the ability to heal wounds
The ability of this brain is proven by research conducted by Ohio University by giving small wounds to the skin of several married couples. They are then asked to discuss or debate many things. The researchers then took measurements a few weeks after wound administration. The results they got later was, the small wound healed 40 percent slower in the skin of the partner who had a negative opinion, compared to the partner who had a positive opinion.
This condition is thought to occur because when you give negative opinions with negative emotions, your body releases stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline, which actually block the protein signals released by the body to heal the wound. So that the healing process goes slower.
2. Stress can make your brain age faster
This brain power is supported by a study conducted by the University of California which revealed that, the release of cortisol by your body regularly when you are stressed, can affect a vital part of the brain, which plays a role in long-term memory storage.
This is supported by a Beth Israel Medical Center doctor, Roberta Lee, who said that most of his patients who complain of forgetfulness have a lifestyle that is prone to feeling depressed.
3. Your brain learns from action
Your brain has a part that can automatically reflect what you see and have done, which is known as mirror neuron system. This brain power is supported by research conducted by the University of Parma, which conducted research on the reactions of the apes' brains when they saw researchers doing a certain activity, in this case taking peanuts. The results of the study were that in the monkeys' brains, there was visualization similar to the activities carried out by the researchers.
This research was then supported by a neurologist, Marco Lacoboni, who said that this is the reason why you share in someone's sadness when that person is struggling in some pain or unpleasant condition.
4. The brain is increasingly able to remember even though you age
This brainpower is supported by research conducted by Grill Spector on 22 children aged 5-12 years and 25 adults aged 22-28 years. The research was conducted by asking participants to pay attention to several images of faces and pictures of a location.
The results of this study then showed that, using a brain scanner, the volume of brain tissue used by adult participants was 12 percent more than the volume of brain tissue used by participants aged children, when they were tested for facial similarities. some pictures given to them.
This may be due to the evolution of nerve cell branches in the brain related to the brain's ability to recognize faces (fusiform gyrus), which dilates and enlarges itself.
Optimal use of brain power
Brain abilities as mentioned above and of course will be more optimal if the brain is in a healthy condition. By doing physical activity, eating healthy foods and getting enough sleep and using the brain in activities such as playing chess and playing musical instruments will certainly further increase brain productivity.
