Why Doesn't Our Brain Weigh Down Our Necks?

9 August 2018, 16:11 | Updated: 9 August 2018, 16:14

Mystery Hour Question

If your brain is suspended in brain juice, is that the reason it doesn’t weigh more heavily on your neck? Sammy, Croydon

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Prof. Hal Sosabowski

Qualification: Professor of Public Understanding of Science at the University of Brighton.

Answer: When we are in equilibrium with our surroundings, we don’t feel our surroundings.

We adapt automatically to it, so if you then go into space, you are effectively weightless.

When you come back down to earth, you will need to be supported/carried upon arrival because the brain will need to re-adapt to the change.