I cannot figure out for the life of me why people are still spouting this little myth. Think about it if we only used 10% of our brains we wound't be alive! All the specific lobes that control things like our breathing, heart beating, memory and much more cannot be contained in that small 10%.
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain
Humans use only 10% or less of their brain:
Even though some mysteries of brain function persist, every part of the brain has a known function
This misconception most likely arose from a misunderstanding (or misrepresentation in an advertisement) of neurological research in the late 1800s or early 1900s when researchers discovered that only about 10% of the neurons in the brain are firing at any given time. If all of a person's neurons began firing at once he would not become smarter, but would instead suffer a seizure. In fact, studies have shown that the brains of more intelligent people are less active...
2006-07-03
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