• DID YOU KNOW?
  Even before you are born, thousands of your neurones die each day. ...

• Going numb
  If you lie on your arm or cross your legs for too long, they may go ...

• Rapid reflexes
  If you accidentally prick your finger on a pin, you pull your hand ...

• Master brain
  Your brain controls your body and everything you do, feel and think. ...

• Brain builders
  Your brain looks like a soft, wrinkly, grey lump. It is made up of ...

• Brain power
  The cerebral cortex is the biggest part of the brain. If it were laid ...

• DID YOU KNOW?
  The average human brain weighs about 1.4kg (3lb). This is as much as ...

• On the other hand
  Each half of the brain controls the opposite side of the body. In ...

• Brain food
  Your brain is only half the size of your head, but it uses up a fifth ...

• What’s the matter?
  The brain's outer layer is mainly grey matter, with white matter ...