School assignments, sports drills, and Minecraft.

How do our brains process it all?

Grab your thinking caps, because today we're talking about our big, beautiful brains.

I'm Bethany Van Delt.

It's Saturday, September 18th, and this is the 10 News Gets Extra.

10.9.8, 7, 6. 5, 4, 3, 2.1.

The movie Inside Out took us inside the main character Riley's brain and introduced us to her

different memories and emotions.

Let's go lead on, mind map.

But what do we really know about our brains?

Hmm.

Here are five fun facts about our interpersonal computers.

Number one, it's electric.

Neurons in your brain communicate using electrical signals that move pretty fast.

286 miles per hour to be exact.

Number two, you use it all.

You may have heard that people only use 10% of their brains, but that's a myth. Cool!

Different parts of the brain are used for different things, but it's all active over the course

of the day, even when you're sleeping.

Number three, it's wet.

75% of the brain is made up of water.

Whoa! And you need it all. If the brain loses as little as 2% of the brain is made up of water. Whoa! And you need it all.

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