• Question: Hello, appproximatley, how many connections would you say are in the Human Brain?

    Asked by jessiej to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 18 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi @jessiej
      Great question!
      It will be different for different people, and babies have even more connections than adults. But neuroscientists believe there are about 100 trillion connections between neurons in an adult human brain!

      Amazing isn’t it?

    • Photo: Damien Hall

      Damien Hall answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      That’s more stars than there are in our whole galaxy …

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  • Photo: jessiej

    jessiej commented on :

    @suzi thankyou very much its incredible and i know right it is amazing!
    @Damien thankyou very much it is ashtonishing how complex the brain is and yet it is so small compared to whatit can do.