Session 1: Questions about the Human Brain

In our first session, after the Introduction, The participants were divided in two groups of seven kids in each group. We had to make a list of questions about our brain. Both groups, mostly eight-fifteen years of age, had lots of questions to share and here they are:

• What is the weight of our brain?
• What is the difference between the words, 'brain' and 'mind'?
• Does the brain grow in size?
• Why do we have a brain?
• How much memory can our brain store?
• What is the size of our brain?
• Why does the brain only think?
• Why do we think?
• What will happen if we stop thinking?
• How much can we think in one hour?
• Why is the brain so small?
• Does having long or short hair effect the brain?
• Does the weather effect the brain?
• Can dreams come true?
• How do dreams come while we're sleeping?
• Why is the brain placed in our head?
• Does our skull have the brain only?
• How much is the capability of a brain to think?
• What is the shape of the brain?
• Why are the nerves of our brain so small?
• Can we think with the brain of an animal?
• How much can a brain think in one day?
• Why does our brain control our whole body?
• Why do we ask questions?
• Can a person become mad  after thinking a lot?
• If we lose our memory, how long would it take to recover?
• Is the doctor who treats mentally ill people, mad?
• How do people recover from madness?
• Why does our brain think only?