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Question: What is this? How many do we have? How many connections can each have?

Answer: According to the London-based Science Museum "Your brain is the hub of your nervous system. It is made up of 100 billion nerve cells - about the same as the number of trees in the Amazon rainforest. Each cell is connected to around 10,000 others. So the total number of connections in your brain is the same as the number of leaves in the rainforest - about 1000 trillion".

Enjoy the view.

(Credit for pic: Rainbow Studios)

6 Responses to “Brain exercise: more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon?”

1. # » Brain Teasers and Games for adults, with a neuroscience angle: our Top 50    « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     on 16 Oct 2007 at 10:43

   [...] 6. Are there more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon?. [...]

2. # Keetsa Mattress Store - Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green News » Blog Archive » 50 Fun Brain Gameson 17 Oct 2007 at 5:50

   [...] 6. Are there more brain connections or leaves in the Amazon? [...]

3. # Predmanon 17 Oct 2007 at 8:10

   Each nerve cell is directly connected to 10,000 other nerve cells? Because all the pictures of nerve cells only show 5-10 connections coming in and out... Maybe they mean "connection" like the connection between NY and LA - thru Cleveland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Denver and other nerve cells along the way.

   So the answer to the question would then be a question of interpretation. If you go with "direct connections" then there are more leaves in the Amazon...

   The link is a 404, btw.

4. # Alvaroon 10 Dec 2007 at 1:11

   Hello Predman, very good point. Yes, it depends on the definition of "connections"

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