Your brain is you
See why your brain isn't just a part of you – it is you.
You can thank your brain for every movement
The brain's motor system plans and controls every move you will ever make.
It sends messages to the muscles to get your body moving - from the flicker of your eyes when you dream, to running to catch a difficult ball or the bus.
You can thank your brain for every emotion
Even though the heart often gets the credit, it is your brain that gives you butterflies in your stomach.
Your senses trigger the release of hormones, and your brain responds by giving you the feeling of love. In fact, everything you think, say, feel, experience, remember and do is thanks to your brain.
You can thank your brain for the music you love
Your ears hear the sounds, but it is the brain that creates the music.
The music activates the brain's reward centres causing a smile to spread across your face, and it is the brain that makes the memories of when you first heard your favourite song.
There's so much you can thank your brain for
Your brain is the key to your entire life.
Your mood and your feelings. The ability to move, create memories and make sense of the world around you.
If it fails, you lose something of yourself. Because the brain is not just a part of you - it is you.
The Brain Prize Winners 2024
On March 5 2024 at 4.00 PM we will announce the winners live!
For ground-breaking discoveries in neuroscience
Every year, the Lundbeck Foundation awards the world’s largest brain research prize, The Brain prize, to those who have transformed our understanding of the brain, its diseases and treatment.
Discover more about The Brain Prize.
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Press Release The Brain Prize 2024Professors Larry Abbott, Terrence Sejnowski, and Haim Sompolinsky have pioneered the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and made seminal contributions to our understanding of the brain.
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OptogeneticsA team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen has turned movement ‘off‘ and ‘on’ in genetically modified laboratory mice by controlling specific brain cells.
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The Brain Prize 2023Three top international researchers, Professors Christine Holt (UK), Erin Schuman (USA) and Michael Greenberg (USA), were presented with The Brain Prize 2023 by HRH The Crown Prince at a ceremony in Copenhagen.