The number that gets repeated in pop-science columns is the 2/20 split (that the brain is 2% of body...
The human brain accounts for about two per cent of body weight and consumes about twenty per cent of the body's total energy every day — and that consumption barely changes whether you are solving differential equations or staring at a wall
The number that gets repeated in pop-science columns is the 2/20 split (that the brain is 2% of body weight but consumes 20% of energy) — a small organ,...
Author: Space Daily
Read Original Article