Ubuchopho bomuntu bufundwe ososayensi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba iminyaka eminingi, ngoba ukuqonda okuqonde kakhulu komsebenzi wabo kungasiza isintu ukulwa nezifo ezahlukahlukene. Amaqiniso afisa ukwazi ngobuchopho azohlaba umxhwele wonke umuntu.
1. Ubuchopho bomuntu bunamaseli ezinzwa angaba yizigidi ezingama-80-100 (neurons).
2. Ingxenye yesobunxele yobuchopho bomuntu icebile ngama-neuron ayizigidi ezingama-200 kune-hemisphere elungile.
3. Izinzwa zobuchopho bomuntu zincane kakhulu. Usayizi wazo usukela kuma-micrometer ayi-4 kuye kwayi-100 ububanzi.
Ngokuya kocwaningo lwango-2014, kunodaba olumpunga ebuchosheni besifazane kunasebuntwini.
5. Ngokwezibalo, abantu abanomqondo wokusiza banamaphesenti amaningi walokho okubizwa ngokuthi yimpunga.
6. Ukuzikhandla njalo kungakhuphula inani lezinto ezimpunga.
7. Yenza u-40% wobuchopho bomuntu ngamangqamuzana ampunga. Ziba mpunga kuphela ngemuva kokubuna.
8. Ubuchopho bomuntu ophilayo bunombala ogqamile obomvana.
9. Ingqondo yendoda inezinto ezincane ezimpunga, kepha inamanzi amaningi we-cerebrospinal fluid nezinto ezimhlophe.
10. Indaba emhlophe yakha ama-60% obuchopho bomuntu.
11. Amafutha ayimbi enhliziyweni yomuntu, futhi ayihle kakhulu ebuchosheni.
12. Isisindo esimaphakathi sobuchopho bomuntu singu-1.3 kilograms.
13. Ingqondo yomuntu ithatha amaphesenti ama-3 esisindo somzimba esiphelele, kepha idla u-20% womoya-mpilo.
14. Ubuchopho buyakwazi ukukhiqiza amandla amakhulu. Ngisho namandla obuchopho obulele angakhanyisa isibani se-25-watt light.
15. Kufakazelwe ukuthi usayizi wobuchopho awuthinti umthamo womqondo womuntu, u-Albert Einstein wayenobungako bobuchopho obungaphansi kwesilinganiso.
16. Ubuchopho bomuntu abunaziphetho zemizwa, ngakho odokotela bangasika ubuchopho bomuntu lapho buvukile.
17. Umuntu usebenzisa amakhono obuchopho bakhe cishe i-100%.
18. Ukwakheka kobuchopho kubaluleke kakhulu, futhi imibimbi yobuchopho iyakuvumela ukuthi kuqukethe ama-neurons amaningi.
19 Ukuzamula kupholisa ubuchopho kukhuphule izinga lokushisa kwalo, ukuntula ubuthongo.
20. Ngisho nobuchopho obukhathele bungakhiqiza. Ososayensi bathi ngosuku olulodwa, ngokwesilinganiso, umuntu uba nemicabango engama-70 000.
21. Imininingwane engaphakathi ebuchosheni idluliselwa ngesivinini esikhulu, sisuka ku-1.5 kuye kumakhilomitha angama-440 ngehora.
22. Ingqondo yomuntu iyakwazi ukucubungula nokuskena izithombe eziyinkimbinkimbi kunazo zonke.
23. Phambilini bekucatshangwa ukuthi ubuchopho bomuntu busakheke ngokuphelele eminyakeni yokuqala yempilo, kepha empeleni, intsha iba nezinguquko kwi-cerebral cortex, okuyiyona ebhekele ukucutshungulwa kwemizwa nokulawulwa kwethonya.
Odokotela abangu-24 bathi ukukhula kwengqondo kuthatha iminyaka engama-25.
25. Ingqondo yomuntu ithatha ukuguliswa ulwandle ngenxa yokhwantalala obubangelwa ubuthi, ngakho-ke umzimba uphendulela indlela yokuzivikela ngendlela yokuhlanza ukuze ususe ubuthi.
26 Abavubukuli baseFlorida bathola indawo yamathuna asezansi ezansi kwechibi, ezinye izimfudu zazinezicucu zezicubu zobuchopho.
27. Ingqondo ibona ukunyakaza kwabantu abacasulayo kuhamba kancane kunalokho okuyikho.
28. Ngo-1950, usosayensi wathola isikhungo senjabulo ebuchosheni, futhi wasebenza ngogesi kule ngxenye yobuchopho, ngenxa yalokho, walingisa i-orgasm yehora-nowesifazane esebenzisa le ndlela.
29 Kukhona okuthiwa ubuchopho besibili esiswini somuntu, bunamandla okulawula imizwa nokudla.
30. Uma udela okuthile, izingxenye ezifanayo zobuchopho zisebenza njengalapho kubuhlungu khona emzimbeni.
31. Amagama amanyala acutshungulwa yingxenye yobuchopho, futhi abunciphisa ngempela ubuhlungu.
32. Kufakazelwe ukuthi ubuchopho bomuntu buyakwazi ukudweba izilo lapho umuntu ezibuka esibukweni.
33. Izimbumbulu zabantu zishisa ama-calories angama-20%.
34. Uma uthela amanzi afudumele endlebeni, khona-ke amehlo akhe azobheka endlebeni, uma uthela amanzi abandayo, kunalokho, ngisebenzisa le ndlela ukuhlola ubuchopho.
35. Ososayensi bakhombisile ukuthi ukungakuqondi ukubhuqa kuthathwa njengophawu lwesifo sobuchopho, kanti nombono wokubhuqa usiza ekuxazululeni izinkinga.
36. Umuntu kwesinye isikhathi akakhumbuli ukuthi kungani angene ekamelweni, lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ubuchopho budala "umngcele wezehlakalo."
37. Uma umuntu etshela umuntu ukuthi ufuna ukufeza inhloso ethile, kuyanelisa ubuchopho bakhe kube sengathi usewufezile lo mgomo.
38. Ingqondo yomuntu inokuchema okunganaki, okwenza umuntu afune ukuthola izindaba ezimbi.
39. I-tonsil iyingxenye yobuchopho, umsebenzi wayo ukulawula ukwesaba, uma uyisusa, ungalahlekelwa umuzwa wokwesaba.
40. Ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwamehlo okusheshayo, ubuchopho bomuntu abucubunguli imininingwane.
41. Imithi yesimanje icishe yafunda ukuthi kungenziwa kanjani ukufakelwa ubuchopho, okwenziwa ngezinkawu.
42. Izinombolo zocingo zinamadijithi ayisikhombisa ngesizathu, njengoba lokhu kungukulandelana okude kunakho konke umuntu ovamile angakukhumbula.
43. Ukwakha ikhompyutha enamapharamitha afanayo nobuchopho bomuntu, kuzodingeka ukuthi yenze imisebenzi engama-3800 ngomzuzwana owodwa bese igcina imininingwane engama-3587 terabytes.
44 Ebuchosheni bomuntu kukhona ama "mirror neurons", akhuthaza umuntu ukuthi aphindaphinde alandele abanye.
45. Ukungakwazi kobuchopho ukuhlola kahle isimo esizayo kudala ukungalali.
46. Ukuxhashazwa yisifo sobuchopho esidala ukuthi umuntu azizwe njalo engenazinqumo.
Ngo-1989, kwazalwa ingane enempilo ngokuphelele, naphezu kokuthi ubuchopho bukanina bafa ngokuphelele, futhi nomzimba wayo wasekelwa ngesikhathi sokubeletha.
48. Impendulo yobuchopho ezifundweni zezibalo nasezimweni ezethusayo iyafana ncamashi, okusho ukuthi izibalo wukwesaba okukhulu kulabo abangaziqondi.
49. Ukukhula kobuchopho okushesha kakhulu kwenzeka esikhathini esivela eminyakeni emi-2 kuye kwengu-11.
50. Ukuthandaza njalo kunciphisa imvamisa yokuphefumula futhi kujwayele ukunyakaza kwamaza wobuchopho, kuvuse inqubo yokuziphilisa, ngoba amakholwa aya kudokotela ngo-36% ngaphansi.
51.Umuntu okhule ngokwengeziwe engqondweni, mancane amathuba okuthi athole isifo sobuchopho, ngoba ukusebenza kobuchopho kukhuthaza ukubonakala kwezicubu ezintsha.
52. Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthuthukisa ubuchopho bakho ukuzibandakanya ezintweni ezingajwayelekile ngokuphelele.
53. Kufakazelwe ukuthi umsebenzi wengqondo awukhathali ubuchopho bomuntu, ukukhathala kuhlotshaniswa nesimo sengqondo.
54. Okumhlophe kungamanzi angama-70%, okumpunga kungu-84%.
55. Ukukhulisa ukusebenza kobuchopho, udinga ukusebenzisa amanzi anele.
56. Umzimba uvuka ngaphambi kwesikhathi kunobuchopho, amandla engqondo ngemuva kokuvuka aphansi kakhulu kunangemva kokulala ebusuku.
57. Kuzo zonke izitho zomuntu, ubuchopho budla amandla amakhulu - cishe ama-25%.
58. Amazwi abesifazane nowesilisa abonwa izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zobuchopho, imisindo yabesifazane kumaza aphansi, ngakho-ke kulula ebuchosheni ukubona izwi lowesilisa.
59. Njalo ngemizuzu, cishe amamililitha angama-750 egazi adlula ebuchosheni bomuntu, lokhu kungu-15% wako konke ukugeleza kwegazi.
60. Ukuhlukumezeka emakhaya kuthinta nengqondo yengane ngendlela efanayo neyokuhlasela kwamasosha okuthinta isosha.
61. Kuye kwafakazelwa ngokwesayensi ukuthi noma amandla amancane anikezwa umuntu angaguqula isimiso sobuchopho bakhe.
Ama-62.60% obuchopho anonile.
63. Iphunga likashokoleti lenyusa ukusebenza kwamagagasi obuchopho be-theta kumuntu, okuholela ekuphumuleni.
64. Ingqondo yomuntu ikhiqiza i-dopamine eningi ngesikhathi se-orgasm, futhi umphumela uyefana nokusetshenziswa kwe-heroin.
65. Ulwazi lokukhohlwa lunomphumela omuhle ebuchosheni, lokhu kunikeza uhlelo lwezinzwa ukuba ngoplastiki.
66. Ngesikhathi sokudakwa utshwala, ingqondo ilahlekelwa amandla okukhumbula okwesikhashana.
67. Ukusetshenziswa okusebenzayo komakhalekhukhwini kukhulisa kakhulu ukubonakala kwezimila zobuchopho.
68. Ukungalali kunomphumela omubi emsebenzini wobuchopho, kukhona ukwehla kokuphendula nokushesha kokuthatha izinqumo.
69. Ubuchopho buka-Albert Einstein abutholakalanga iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, butshontshwa ngudokotela wezifo.
70. Ngandlela thile, ubuchopho bufana nemisipha, uma uzivocavoca ngokwengeziwe, kukhula ngokwengeziwe.
71. Ingqondo yomuntu ayiphumuli, ngisho nasebuthongweni iyasebenza.
72. Ingxenye yobunxele yobuchopho emadodeni inkulu kunaleyo yabesifazane, yingakho abesilisa benamandla ezindabeni zobuchwepheshe nabesifazane ezindabeni zosizo.
73. Empilweni yomuntu ejwayelekile, kunezingxenye ezintathu zobuchopho ezisebenzayo: imoto, ukuqonda kanye nemizwa.
74. Ukuxoxa njalo nengane encane nokufunda ngokuzwakalayo kusiza ingqondo yakhe ukuba ikhule.
75. Ingxenye yesobunxele yobuchopho ilawula uhlangothi olungakwesokudla lomzimba, kanti nendawo yangakwesokudla, ngokufanele, ilawula uhlangothi lwangakwesokunxele lomzimba.
76. Ososayensi bafakazele ukuthi ama-tinnitus ayingxenye yokusebenza kobuchopho.
77. Njalo lapho umuntu ecwayiza, ubuchopho bakhe busebenza futhi bugcina konke ekukhanyeni, ngalokho, umuntu akabi mnyama emehlweni akhe uma ecwayiza njalo.
78. Ukuhleka ihlaya kudinga izingxenye ezinhlanu ezahlukene zobuchopho ukuze zisebenze.
79. Yonke imithambo yegazi ebuchosheni ingamakhilomitha ayi-100 000 ubude.
80. Kuze kube yimizuzu eyisithupha ubuchopho bungaphila ngaphandle komoya-mpilo, ngaphezu kwemizuzu eyishumi ngaphandle komoya-mpilo kuzothinta ubuchopho ngokungaphenduki.