Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? The myth that humans only use 10% of their brains has been used countless times for many years. According to the Cornell Center for Materials Research as well as Scientific American, it doesn't have a clear origin, but it did come from people who believed that all humans have special powers. These people thought that we used 10% of our brains daily and the other 90% was set aside for our psychic powers to develop. This makes the myth very controversial because there are people who believe in psychic powers and people who do not.
The science involved in this thought is in the way the brain is configured. The human brain is divided into several different sections and each of your body's functions is connected to the nerves of a certain section. Because of this, losing a part of your brain or damaging even a small part of it can have serious consequences.
As for evidence, technologies such as PET scans and fMRIs, which are imaging techniques, have shown that the entire brain is active and not just 10%. Additionally, a problem such as having a stroke causes damage to small areas of the brain, areas that are much less than 90%. If we only used 10% of our brains, think of how much more damage something such as a stroke would do. Therefore this myth is indeed false.
Sammy, I have heard this myth before but I never knew that people who believed in psychic powers started it. I indeed agree that it is false because if we only used 10% of our brains we would not be able to accomplish anything! Great blog and good pictures and video. Hope more people comment so I can come back for a discussion.
Sammy, I thought it was really interesting how you said that people only use 10% pf their brains and the other 90% of the brain is used for psychic powers to develop! But I do agree with Megan when she said that your pictures and video was really interesting.
Great blog. I love the final disprover you used. The fact that a stroke only affects a small piece of the brain, but can have uch a large impact is enough for me to believe that the brain is active in more places than just 10%
Sammy this is a very interesting topic you got.I never knew that humans really used all of their brain, for the longest time i thought that they still had lots of room to develope, is this a safe asumtion? that our brains will still develope not neccessaraly to phsychic power levels but to a larger use than know?
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Sammy, I have heard this myth before but I never knew that people who believed in psychic powers started it. I indeed agree that it is false because if we only used 10% of our brains we would not be able to accomplish anything! Great blog and good pictures and video. Hope more people comment so I can come back for a discussion.
Sammy, I thought it was really interesting how you said that people only use 10% pf their brains and the other 90% of the brain is used for psychic powers to develop! But I do agree with Megan when she said that your pictures and video was really interesting.
Great blog. I love the final disprover you used. The fact that a stroke only affects a small piece of the brain, but can have uch a large impact is enough for me to believe that the brain is active in more places than just 10%
i like this myth. i for one have always belived that we only used ten percent of our brains until now. thatmks for clearing that up sammy.
Sammy this is a very interesting topic you got.I never knew that humans really used all of their brain, for the longest time i thought that they still had lots of room to develope, is this a safe asumtion? that our brains will still develope not neccessaraly to phsychic power levels but to a larger use than know?
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