17 Things You Didn't Know About... Your Brain

But soon your brain will know.

By Stephen Ornes
Jun 20, 2007 12:00 AMMay 21, 2019 5:17 PM

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1  During the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis, the brain is temporarily both awake and asleep. It can happen to anyone but is especially common in survivors of trauma and war.

"Fainting" goats bave an inherited deficit in the neural control of their muscles. They collapse when surprised. Image courtesy of Sharon Reeves, R Fainting Farm
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