Contents:
- Medical Video: 16 Superpowers You Didn't Know You Had
- 1. The human brain turns out to have 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 it is aging
- Optimal use of brain abilities
Medical Video: 16 Superpowers You Didn't Know You Had
Did you know that 80 percent of the contents of your skull are brain? When combined, the overall weight of the fluid and blood in your brain is approximately 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 better known as one of the brain properties, plasticity. Here are some other facts about your brain's abilities that you might not know.
1. The human brain turns out to have the ability to heal wounds
This brain ability is evidenced by a study conducted by Ohio University by giving a small wound to the skin of several married couples. They were then asked to discuss or debate many things. The researchers then measured several weeks after the wound was administered. The result of the measurement they got later was that the small wound healed 40 percent slower on the skin of the couple who had a negative opinion, compared to the couple who had a positive opinion.
This condition is thought to occur because when you give negative opinions with negative emotions, your body releases hormones stressed out such as cortisol and adrenaline, which actually inhibits the signal protein released by the body to heal the wound. So that the healing process runs slower.
2. Stress can make your brain age faster
This brain ability 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 depressed, can affect a vital part of the brain, which plays a role in memory storage long-term.
This is supported by a doctor at Beth Israel Medical Center, Roberta Lee, who said that most of the patients who complained of forgetfulness, had a lifestyle that was vulnerable to feeling depressed.
3. Your brain learns from action
Your brain has a part that can automatically reflect what you see and you have done, known as mirror neuron system. This brain ability is supported by a study conducted by the University of Parma, which conducted a study of the reaction of the ape brain when the monkey saw researchers doing a certain activity, in this case taking beans. The result of the study was that in the ape brain, visualization occurred similar to the activity carried out by the researcher.
This study was then supported by a neurologist, Marco Lacoboni, who said that this is the reason why you share someone's sadness when the person is struggling in an unpleasant condition or pain.
4. The brain is increasingly able to remember even though it is aging
This brain ability is supported by research conducted by Grill Spector on 22 children aged 5-12 years and 25 adults aged 22-28 years. The study was conducted by asking participants to pay attention to several facial images and images of a location.
The results of this study show that, using a brain scanner, the volume of brain tissue used by adult participants is 12 percent more than the volume of brain tissue used by children aged as children, when they are tested to realize the presence or absence of facial similarities between some pictures given to them.
This is likely to occur because of the evolution of the branches of nerve cells in the brain associated with the ability of the brain to recognize faces (fusiform gyrus), which dilates and enlarges itself.
Optimal use of brain abilities
Brain abilities as mentioned above and certainly will be more optimal if the brain is in a healthy condition. By doing physical activity, eating healthy and adequate food and using the brain in activities such as playing chess and playing musical instruments will certainly increase brain productivity.
