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unquevai

Does the brain actually consume more energy when we are doing an intelectual effort (for example, resolving a mathematical problem) than when you are not doing any conscious effort (for example, sunbathing on the beach)?

I have known that the brain consumes an important part of the calories consumed by a human body, and I wonder about the nature of this consumption.

Posted Dec 29, 2011, 2:05 AM UTC

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