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  1. HowStuffWorks: How Your Brain Works health.howstuffworks.com - How Your Brain Works
  2. New Scientist: Special Report on the Human Brain newscientist.com - Special Report on the Human Brain
  3. Nemours Foundation: Your Brain & Nervous System kidshealth.org - Your Brain & Nervous System
  4. PBS: The Secret Life of the Brain pbs.org - The Secret Life of the Brain
  5. Answers.com: Brain answers.com - Brain
  6. National Geographic: Brain science.nationalgeographic.com - Brain
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Research Notes on Brain

The human brain controls the central nervous system by way of the cranial nerves and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system, and regulates virtually all human activity. Anatomically, the brain can be divided into three part: the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain. The brain is the source of the conscious, cognitive mind....read more from Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Adult human brain weighs approximately three pounds.1
  • Brain houses approximately 100 billion interconnected nerve cells.2
  • The brain uses about 20% of the body's energy resources.3

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ BrainAnatomy: Human Brain (Anatomy)
  2. ↑ Dennis P. Swiercinsky: The Amazing Brain: Anatomy and Function
  3. ↑ Mama's Health: Brain: Interesting Facts About the Brain

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