Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast brought to you by WakeMed Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor Barbara Gibbs.

I'll be reading National Geographic Kids, Why over 1,11111 answers to everything by Crispin Boyer.

Why do I ask why? Thank that amazing brain of yours for your uncontrolled curiosity.

Not only does this wrinkly mess of gray matter control all your body's automatic functions,

breathing, blinking, food processing, the beating of your heart, but it also empowers you to laugh,

cry, create, dream, score a three-pointer in basketball, learn, paint, beat your sister in Mario Card, and ask questions.

The brain is the master of your nervous system and the source of your personality.

No other organ in nature is as mysterious.

What exactly is between my ears anyway?

One of your body's largest organs, your brain, is 3 pounds, 1.3

kilograms, of fat and proteins condensed in a mass with a tofu-like texture. Its contents

come in two colors. Grey matter. Your brain contains about 100 billion nerve cells called neurons.

They make up your brain's gray matter.

White matter, your neurons communicate with one another

by sending electrical signals and forming chemical connections

in a network of nerve fibers called dendrites and axons,

which form your brains white matter.

This communication between neurons is what's responsible for your

every thought, memory, movement, and automatic bodily function. Silly question,

serious answer. Are gray and white matter really gray and white? That close enough.

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