Key Insights on Neuroscience

Ninety percent of what your brain does you're not aware of - consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg of mental activity

• Francis Crick predicted consciousness would be found in specific neurons, but we still face the hard problem of how brain tissue generates subjective experience
• Scientists created conscious-like behavior using 800,000 human brain cells in a dish that learned to play the video game Doom in just one week
• The microbiome produces most serotonin in the gut, not the brain, with fermented foods significantly reducing inflammation and affecting mood

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