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Brain weight
The brain makes up about 2% of total body weight. Brain tissue
Brain tissue is not sensitive to pain. The absence of pain receptors in the brain means neurosurgeons can perform surgery while the patient is awake using only a local anesthetic. Mozart effect
Early 1990’s research found that listening to classical music increases children's cognitive abilities, "The Mozart Effect." Later research has found no conclusive evidence that intelligence or school results are improved by listening to classical music or music training. Brain regions
Depending on the content, information is stored in the brain in networks of cells across various interconnected brain regions. Memory-builder game
Mark Twain published a memory-builder game in 1892. This historical trivia game shows how important memorization was to nineteenth-century education.

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