Does Thinking Hard Burn More Calories?

Your brain uses tons of calories, just in its daily work of keeping you alive. So does thinking extra hard use even MORE calories? QQ fills you in! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Messages from our Subbable subscribers: “Michael, always be curious, Love Mom and Dad.” - Jennifer Daniels “Carl Sandburg Junior High STEM students say: Science ROCKS!” - Al Stevenson “na na na na na na na na na Batman!” - Jude Limus "Happy 3 years together Katie :-) Here s for many more" - Lionel Pierson “Greg recommends Alert the Medic - The Phantom Moves” - Greg “Thanks for keeping the world a more educated place SciShow!!” - Collin “Thanks for not forgetting to be awesome, Michelle & Shannon!” - April Ashby “Happy 1st Birthday, Austin!” - April Ashby “My kids love SciShow, keep it gong!” - John Stelling “Science rocks!” - Jordan Hawkins ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Lentz, John Szymakowski, Ruben Galvao, and Peso255. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thinking-hard-calories/ http://io9.com/5920970/how-many-calories-does-thinking-burn http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2006-07/mental-workout http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02qna.html?_r=0