My brain, for breakfast

Not to make mention of a line from the movie "Heathers" (which was one of THE best black comedies ever filmed -- stars: Christian Slater, my first celeb love and Winona Ryder, the first celeb shoplifter) but my brain may as well be a breakfast treat for random stray dogs at this point.

The first week back at school has been murder on my mind -- however, I am managing and obviously this post made it up on my blog, so I've still some brain cells to spare.

A little useless trivia: the fact that we as humans only use 10% of our brain space is A MYTH; we use it all, even if it's not all at the same time.

A little more useless trivia: there is a "reward center" located in the brain that was discovered by Olds & Milner in 1954. The reason it was discovered is that they trapped laboratory animals in a setting which would require them to cross an electrical field to get to their food and water. The animals chose to starve themselves (probably to death, considering PETA wouldn't have a cause if it weren't for the deaths of many fuzzy rats and bunnies). But when they were given the choice to cross the electrical field to have the "reward center" of their brain stimulated, they heartily moved forward with gusto! This reward center is one and the same with the area of the brain that is stimulated through METHAMPHETAMINE USE. Bad side effects, though. So, do we have an epidemic for no reason? Apparently not.

JUST THOUGHT YOU'D WANNA KNOW THAT. I, for one, found it fascinating -- especially since I learned it in my Biopsychology class. Go figure.