Your brain actually loses 10 percent of its weight between the ages of 20 and 90. We lose around 40,000 nerves per day, so by age 65 roughly one-tenth of our brain cells are gone. And the rate of loss is higher in the frontal brain region, which controls problem solving, the ability to think abstractly, and the ability to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously.
Your brain actually loses 10 percent of its weight between the ages
of 20 and 90. We lose around 40,000 nerves per day, so by age 65
roughly one-tenth of our brain cells are gone. And the rate of loss
is higher in the frontal brain region, which...
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Dr. Michael Roizen answered:Your brain actually loses 10 percent of its weight between the ages of 20 and 90. We lose around 40,000 nerves per day, so by age 65 roughly one-tenth of our brain cells are gone. And the rate of loss is higher in the frontal brain region, which controls problem solving, the ability to think abstractly, and the ability to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously.
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