This video will quiz you on how well you know your brain. Be sure to check the website for all relevant links and a recap of this article.

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Hi, I am Marcy from the Brain & Spinal Cord Injury Center at brainandspinalcord.org. Today, I am going to be quizzing you about how well you know your brain. Be sure to check the website for all relevant links and a recap of this article. In this fine and interactive video, I am going to give you several statements and you are going to tell me whether you think this statement is fact or fiction, but at the end of this video you will know a lot more about your brain. Ready. Let us get started. Fact or Fiction? The human brain is found in gray. Fiction, when you picture a human brain you most likely picture an object that is gray in color and firm to touch. That is because most of the brain that you see in the books or on television are dead brains that have been preserved with various chemicals. A fast living brain on the other hand is deep bright in color and soft and jelly-like to the touch. Fact or fiction? Humans use only 10% of their brains. Fiction, every single part of the brain has many function. Let us talk about what you are doing right now, what you are sitting in when watching this video. The cerebellum, which is responsible for balance and coordination, is allowing you to sit and watch this video without falling over. The temporal lobes are helping you process what you are hearing while the frontal lobes helping you reason and think. Your hippocampus will help you remember the point of this example, which is that you use weighing more than 10% of your brain. Are there are still a lot we do not know about the brain and how it works? We do know that every part of the brain has important job to do. Fact or fiction? A person is either right brain dominant or left brain dominant. Fiction, All these are meant to raise from genuine scientific hypothesis, more recent studies have shown that two hemispheres of the brain are cut independent. Here is an example, it is been long accepted that language, which is processed in the left hemisphere annually, but recent science shows that both hemispheres are actually responsible for language. The left side processes grammar and pronunciation while the right side processes intonation. Fact or fiction? The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body and vice versa. True, if the left side of the brain becomes injured whether the injury is the result of the trauma or stroke, the right side of the body will be affected. On the other hand, if the right side of your brain has been injured, the left side of your body will be affected. Fact or fiction? Brain damage is always permanent. Fiction, new science shows that we are not born with the find that number brain cells. We know that the brain can rewire itself in order to compensate for certain losses, but we have also recently learned that the brain can generate new cells to a process called neurogenesis. Fact or fiction? Traumatic brain injury is the number two cause of death and disability in children and young adults. Fiction, traumatic brain injury is actually the number one cause of death and disability in children and adults. Approximately 1.5 million Americans experience such traumatic brain injury each year and about 5.3 million Americans are currently disabled as a result of traumatic brain injury. In addition, it is estimated that traumatic brain injury claims more than 50,000 lives in the United States each year. This concludes our segment on how well you know your brain. Remember to check our website for the most up-to-dated information including resources and tips regarding brain and spinal cord injuries. Thank you again for watching.