#16: Humans Use Only 10% of Their Brains
Does anybody else remember teachers using this “fact” to motivate students toward academic excellence? Modern neuroscience has thoroughly crushed this persistent myth. Brain imaging shows that we use virtually all of our brain tissue, even during simple tasks. The 10-percent claim has no basis in scientific research, yet it continues to resurface in movies and self-help books.

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