How many neurons are there in the human body?

Correct answer: About 100 billion neurons

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sorong papuabarat
sorong papuabarat
I just picked the highest number 😊
Player #8988878Xet
Player #8988878Xet
OMG!! All 12 of my remaining nuerons fired at once....(too many hallucinogenic drugs in the 70's)....
Von-Lee
Von-Lee
Maman Moustique, The question concerns the entire human body, not just the brain.
Maman Moustique
Maman Moustique
1011? Scientific notation should be used to express 10b, that is: 10 to the 11th power, 10 by the power of 11, or 10^11.
Maman Moustique
Maman Moustique
For half a century, neuroscientists thought the human brain contained 100 billion nerve cells. But when Dr Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a neuroscientist from Brazil, started digging, she discovered that no one in the field could actually remember where the "100bn" figure had come from. Then she and her team devised a new way to count brain cells by taking the brains of 4 adult donators (aged 50 - 71) who died of non-neurological diseases, and turning them into "brain soup". They came up with a different number — 86 billion. They found that on average the human brain has 86bn neurons. And none of the 4 brains had the 100bn neurons. Even though it may sound like a small difference the 14bn neurons amount to pretty much the number of neurons that a baboon brain has or almost half the number of neurons in the gorilla brain. So that's a pretty large difference actually..
arohanui
arohanui
it's not British spelling, it is STANDARD spelling of STANDARD English.
footnie55
footnie55
Player BARTEMAEUS 10, The q was about the entire body. Some of yours might be misfiring.
SOOTI
SOOTI
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Player #9809468
Player #9809468
thebigtabu, After a certain number, it becomes a bit meaningless, anyway.
Player #3366575
Player #3366575
Breckinridge76, history informs those with I sight.
Player BARTEMAEUS 10
Player BARTEMAEUS 10
Player #1234791, Please tell me what this has to do with the number of neurones in the brain?