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saintee | 00:20 Thu 15th Dec 2005 | Science
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What causes Brain freeze when you have eaten a bowl of ice-cream too quickly?



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Um, is it the cold?
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A google search found this page:


http://www.myslurpeecup.com/brainfreeze.html

I think its caused by the nerves in the roof of your mouth. So if you push your tongue up to the roof of your mouth, this should stop it (by warming them up again).
reading aka's link, I'm basically right (although the link goes into further detail) (-:

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