How much of our brain do us humans actually use?

Question

And how do I maximise my brain to give myself "that edge"in life?

Answer 1

For a large number of people on this site, considerably less than average...

Answer 2

Very little! JK. I've heard it's only 3% or less. I believe to give yourself the "edge" in life, you need to make yourself interesting to other people. Social skills are 1/3 of success, and are pretty uncultivated in a lot of people. Develop those first, by being around all different types of people. You will learn a lot.

Travel, travel, travel. See what you can of the world. It opens the door to so many opportunities to see life from a different perspective (i.e. what other cultures and people are like), and makes you realize how much we all have in common.

Read, read, read. Read about any topic, so when it comes time to have conversations with others, you'll have interesting things to talk about. You'll seem worldly and wise beyond your years. That's another thing that gives you an edge. Being interesting to people. Believe me, this will open a lot of doors for networking.

Never stop studying. And I mean study everything. Books on different topics, study other languages, do math problems on scratch paper when you're waiting in the doctor's office. Do crossword puzzles, basically anything to exercise your brain. It really works. And ask tons of questions every day. You will always get answers.

Answer 3

I use all my brain because i am the most cleverest person in the whole of my bedroom. I still live at home with my parents and my man-servant, im 29.

I run an ebay company selling my man-servants old socks.

If anyone would like to buy some then go to ebay.


It's all a conspiracy don't you know.

Answer 4

the idea that we only use 10% of your brains is a myth, and came from the fact that a large portion of your brain is dedicated to doing things other than just thinking, like running your body and what not. in regards to the moon, earth actually wouldn't be a habitable place for us without it, so no, it isn't keeping us from our full potential, as we wouldn't have any potential at all without it (since we wouldn't exist)

Answer 5

You use 100% of your brain. You may only be consciously aware of 10% of the activity, but the other 90% is hard at work....regulating your cardiovascular system, sending impulses, integrating memories.....
Look at functional brain images and you'll see your entire brain is working.

Answer 6

all of it. its amyth that we only use a small percentage, when was the last time you heard a doctor say "you got brain damage but don't worry its a part you never use"?
by reading, thinking about things and doing mentally challanging tasks your brain becomes better trained as more neuron connections are made. some say eating omega 3 helps but the evidence is small.

Answer 7

It is estimated that Albert Einstein used about 10% of his brain. So you could say that most people probably use less than that. You have a lot of room for improvement, lol!

Answer 8

It's

"How much of our brain do we humans actually use?"
So that leads me to believe, I use more of my brain than you do... but I still don't know. Not 100%

Answer 9

According to my Professor when I was in college, the average human uses 12% of their brain capacity in their lifetime. The only way I know to maximize your brain is to read and learn. You actually don't maximize it, you simply retain more information and exercise it more.

Answer 10

Apparently humans use less than 10% of their brain capacity.

Answer 11

Human Brain...Astroppo.com
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WELL, its a good thing I question these things who would have thought:-)