How the brain works
The brain's basic building blocks are known as neurons and we have around one hundred billion of these, each with between one thousand to ten thousand conexions to other neurons, creating neuropathways or roads within the brain. There are literally trillions of neuroconexions within the brain. Similar to a city's electrical power grid, information is passed along these roads through a series of chemical messages and electrical impulses.
As all of this activity takes place, our brain generates between ten to twenty five watts of power, enough to par a lightbulb. Over the course of one day, your brain generates more electrical impulses from faring neurons than all of the telephones in the world. So really, your brain isn't just a spongy mass of tissue, it's your most complex organ, a power station that connects you every thought, movement or feeling. And it's faring right now.
