Chocolate Chunky Monkey Smoothie Recipe. The Ingredients. 1 cup milk of your choice (I used almond milk) 1 frozen medium banana. 1 tablespoon almond butter (substitute your preferred nut butter) 1 tablespoon cacao powder. 1 serving chocolate protein powder (optional) A little honey, maple syrup, or stevia to sweeten (optional)
Your brain really IS faster than you think: It takes just 13 milliseconds to see an image, scientists discover. It might seem impossible to identify a dozen images flashing by in a fraction of a second. But a team of neuroscientists has found that the human brain can do just that at record-breaking speed.
That's lower level processing. Higher levels of your brain are also activated to make sense of the sensory information. When you initiate a reflex action, like withdrawing your hand from a hot surface, the first part of the response is initiated at the spinal cord. But, as soon as the information reaches your brain, your motor cortex, cerebellum, frontal cortex, parietal cortex, etc, take over, planning and controlling movement.