10 facts about the grey matter…
nuggetsoflearning • July 3, 2012

- We only use 10% of our brains, so we must make it work well…
- After age 30, the brain shrinks a quarter of a percent (0.25%) in mass each year.
- It’s all downhill after 60! – must do sudoko in your retirement
- You have a left brain or a right brain dominance
- Listening to Mozart does not makes you smarter, however good for learning rhythms
- Your conscious mind can hold 7 pieces of information plus or minus 2 at any time
- The energy used by the brain is enough to light a 25 watt bulb.
- The brain always has to answer a question
- The reptilian brain controls our emotional responses
- The adult brain is able to be changed