2006-06-11 22:05:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No, it is an urban myth.
While for the people who repeat that myth, it's probably true, the rest of us happily use all of our brains.
2006-06-11 22:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has become staple for lots of people ineterested in brain research.However there's really no way to estimate that.Usually people start with "Scientists say that ...."
Believe me no scientists who has followed established patterns of research has ever said that.Our brains are extremely complicated to develop a measure for level of use has not been found yet.All we can say is that we can always improve.We can always learn new things and yes we can have some estimate of how much data we can probably store but even that's not completely correct.Our brain cells are wired as neural networks.Neural networks have been studied .We know about some general properties of neural networks .Most probably some scientist would try to extend that to brain.However brain is not that simple having x inputs and y outputs.Therefore this whole thing has not been scintifically established that we only use 10% of brains.
2006-06-12 05:16:39 · answer #2 · answered by santosh k 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We use 10% for conscious activities. We use the rest for subconscious things. It is impossible that 90% of the brain does nothing. Keep in mind that non-usefully features disappear through evolution so it is impossible that the brain evolved into an organ that only has 10% usability.
2006-06-12 05:13:22 · answer #3 · answered by caesareor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urban legend. We use pretty much all of our brain. It's up to you how much you want to train it. A large portion of our brain goes to managing involuntary processes and is active all the time.
2006-06-12 05:10:39 · answer #4 · answered by Hillbillies are... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes the 90 % manages your body
2006-06-12 06:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
10% of our brain and 90% of others brain :-)
2006-06-12 05:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Happy Alf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it your brain capacity, we use all of our brain but not to its full capacity. and it is less than 10% capacity. more like 6-8
2006-06-12 05:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by jazzmen4u28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not even that much, Einstein used only 5% of his brain.
2006-06-12 10:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by sikandar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-06-12 05:41:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
scientists have proved that we are not using even 5% of our brain.
2006-06-12 05:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋