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6. The brain is very poor at concentrating for long periods of time and needs to clear it’s head so to speak about every 90 minutes or so.

7. Your brain is constantly lying to you when you have your eyes open. Because it cannot deal with every single detail that you’re looking at, the occipital lobe is joining the dots with what it presumes is there.

8. Your peripheral vision improves at night which is why pilots are taught to use their peripheral vision when looking for traffic.

9. Even if you consider yourself a left-brained person, your brain will still switch over to the right side every 90 to 120 minutes and then back again.

10. Reading out loud to kids accelerates their brain development.

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