We cannot just do it by ourselves; we need to work with other people by watching them, copying them also learning the mistakes from them, then we will collect all these experience and will make us succeed, all these can not without functioning mirror neurons.

In humans and primate species there are neurons called Mirror Neurons. These brain cells activate when we see someone doing something. For example, when a chimpanzee sees its mother opening a nut with a rock and then tries to imitate her with another nut.

Mirror neurons represent a distinctive class of neurons that discharge both when an individual executes a motor act and when he observes another individual performing the same or a similar motor act. These neurons were first discovered in monkey’s brain.

There are three classes of neurons: Sensory neurons carry information from the sense organs (such as the eyes and ears) to the brain. Motor neurons control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking and carry messages from nerve cells in the brain to the muscles. All the other neurons are called interneurons.

The brain is a mosaic made up of different cell types, each with their own unique properties. The most common brain cells are neurons and non-neuron cells called glia. The average adult human brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons, and just as many—if not more—glia.

Neurons (also called neurones or nerve cells) are the fundamental units of the brain and nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between.

Neurons communicate with each other via electrical events called ‘action potentials’ and chemical neurotransmitters. At the junction between two neurons (synapse), an action potential causes neuron A to release a chemical neurotransmitter.

Here, then, are 10 ways to grow new brain cells:

1. Eat Blueberries. Blueberries are blue due to anthocyanin dye, a flavonoid which research has linked to neurogenesis.
2. Indulge in Dark Chocolate.
3. Keep Yourself Engaged.
4. Eat Omega-3 Fatty Acids.
5. Exercise.
6. Eat Turmeric.
7. Have Sex.
8. Drink Green Tea.

The connecting points between neurons, called synapses, are where learning is thought to occur. Yet the synapses alone store recollections of only the most elementary reflexes. Learning and memory require the coupling of information from many different brain regions.

A connection between two neurons becomes stronger when neuron A consistently activates neuron B, making it fire an action potential (spike), and the connection gets weaker if neuron A consistently fails to make neuron B fire a spike.

As they describe in the journal eLife, larger neurons in the so-called temporal lobe of the brain that generate electrical signals with higher speed are related to faster processing rates and intelligence level as assessed in standard IQ testing.

The brain isn’t a muscle as it doesn’t contract or relax and it keeps itself ‘supported’ via a constant supply of fluid, without the reliance on any muscular mass. Having said that, the arteries and arterioles that bring blood to the brain are formed of some muscle.

New research shows that the brain is more like a muscle – it changes and gets stronger when you use it. Scientists have been able to show how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.

Your brain is the most powerful muscle in your body.