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Anonymous Fri Aug 5 18:02:36 2016 No.8251159 [Reply] [Original]

Is it possible to think so hard that it causes damage to your brain?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 5 18:21:13 2016 No.8251194 File: 374 KB, 460x491, 1456597214551.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8251159 I heard brains are plastic. So I'd imagine it wouldn't be too hard to damage or break.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 5 18:21:20 2016 No.8251196 >>8251159 Yes, but microlesions are what makes your neurons grow.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 5 20:26:07 2016 No.8251426 >>8251196 Wait, exercising your brain causes micro lesions which triggers a healing response which increases your brain power? Isn't this exactly how muscles react to exercise? I thought that phrase "brain is a muscle" was hyperbole.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 5 20:29:17 2016 No.8251434 >>8251426 Sorry, when I wrote that post I didn't believe that anyone would think I was serious.