There is a common saying that people only use 10% of their brains. This is a common misconception. It has been proven that every part of the brain has a known function. This misunderstanding arose sometime in the early 1900’s when researchers either discovered that only about 10% of the neurons in the brain are firing at any given time. Either that or only 10% of brain function was able to be mapped at that time in scientific history.
Another possible origin of this misconception is that only 10% of total brain cells are neurons. The rest of the cells in the brain are called glial cells, which do not function the same way neurons do. On a lighter note, Some New Age proponents propagate this belief by asserting that the "unused" ninety percent of the human brain is capable of exhibiting psychic powers and can be trained to perform psychokinesis and extra-sensory perception.
References:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain#Common_misconceptions
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This was very helpful to me because i was one of those wonderful people that believed that we only used 10% of our brain.
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