Does the brain heat up, like a computer does, when thinking?

Question

Having been once again looking at the millions of articles about heatsinks and the likes for computers I was wondering that, under intense thought, does the brain heat up like a microprocessor or is it designed not to? Either way why not/so?

Answer 1

Yes it does, when I am facing a stressful and emergency situation. Slowly the heat makes sweat to flow on my face, even in cold climates.

Answer 2

Electronics produce excess heat primarily by conduction and convection and to a lesser extent by radiation. All as part of a energy conversion process required for operation, this same operation is acheived very diffirently inside the human brain as chemical interactions and very low electrical signalling produce very little heat.

Answer 3

The brain does not heat up when thinking for long durations, if thinking of couple of things at one particular time, then it may heat up.

But, scientifically it is proven that on average successful people use 5% of their brain's thinking power, using this power one can attain maximum successes.

Answer 4

Yes, in all ways the body follows the laws of physics as displayed in machines. It is a very small amount of heat and the body does a better job of dissipating it than my computer.

Answer 5

No. It is just tired on thinking.