24 Hours Inside Your Brain

Your brain runs on about 20 watts, ignores almost everything your senses send it, and spends nearly half your waking life somewhere else entirely. From the groggy boot-up after your alarm to the midnight movie it plays while you're paralyzed in bed, here's what your brain actually gets up to across one ordinary day, and why you're not quite as in charge as you think. Subscribe for more hidden science:    / @hiddenscienceprof   Why are you at your least intelligent in the first few minutes after waking? Why does coffee hide your tiredness instead of fixing it? Why does your brain plan a slump at 2 pm whether you eat lunch or not? And what is it really doing while you sleep? Scientists are still arguing about that last one. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram: @hiddenscienceprof #brain #neuroscience #sleep #science #hiddenscience