I here we use only 4% of our brain?Why?
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We do use our brains but there are many functions of the brain remains unknown and not discovered.Some of the percentage makes up the mass of water,blood vessels,white blood cells...Who knows in ancient times we 've got telepathic ability?=P
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Y'all are placing too much emphasis on the prefrontal cortex.  People with damage to that reason have trouble with things like planning and being socially aware, but the area is not the only one involved in higher thought.  the language centers, for instance, are also involved, and arguably the regions of the brain that might relate to the subject of the question are active.\n\nI don't think one can reasonably localize the process of asking questions to a single locus in the brain.
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Actually the myth was we only used 10 Percent of our brain......\n\nThis has been proven false.  The reason it too lengthy to put here.  Hopefully the link below will be helpful to you.\n\n:)\nPeace
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I don't understand.  \n\nIt's a wives tale that people only use 10% of our brain.  In reality we DO use all areas of our brain, the only thing is that not all areas function at once....\n\nIf you want to be well rounded, just go learn about all the things you are unfamiliar with. Stop doing the same thing over and over again, go out and try new things every day. \n\nSo...yeah...I still don't know what the real question was...\nHope that helps!
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The human mind is associated with the brain.  The brain tends to use neurons which have previously been used over those which have never been used.  Background assumptions, beliefs, paradigms all tend to prevent new associations with old concepts.
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You have your facts a little messed up. The truth is that we use all our brain. However, at any given moment, we are only using about 5% or less of our brain. This is why we can't do a million things at once and why some people have trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time. So while only 5% of our brain is in use at any given moment, there is not a single part of brain that does not perform a function and we do in fact use 100% of our brain throughout the day.
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It uses the logical part of your brain, as opposed to the creative part. Of course, in the developed world it is called Maths.
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Everyone has a brain, just some people use theirs more than others.
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100%  That 10% saying is bogus.  All of the brain is being used for something, whether it's memory, moving muscles, regulating heartbeat etc.  There is a smaller portion of it used for consciousness.
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A) It´s false!  The capacity of the human brain hasn´t been properly measured, so, saying that we use 10% is like saying that you know 10% of the universe when you don´t know how big it really is!\nb)"More" is not the answer I would look for. We should start with "better".
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The 10% is indeed a myth. 10% is about what's used when you're just sitting there, not doing anything. 10% is just our brain's idle speed, when your asked to do something complicated, that % goes up significantly and every part of your brain is used for *something* No part is just sitting there doing nothing your whole life.
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I have always been fascinated by the way that processing in the brain leads to the experience of the mind. An understanding of this relationship has eluded science throughout the ages and i wanted to be involved in trying to advance our understanding of the brain-mind relationship. I should add that some people believe there is no such thing as the mind and that all we should be trying to study is the physical processing performed by the brain.
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Good little sheep. No, it seems we go to "Hell" for using our brains. At least that's what they tell me!
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Actually, "smarter" mammal have larger brains in ratio to the size of their body.  If you were to take the ratio of size/weight of a human brain and his body and compare that with an elephant, you would find that a human's ratio is much higher.  I've heard contradicting theories with regard to actual percentage used.  We do in fact use most areas of our brain.  Why other areas are not in use probably have to do with evolution.  What sets us apart from other mammals is the amount of things we create for comfort and not survival.  All animals, there may be case by case exceptions, operate under the need to survive.  We operate under what is comfortable.
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This is a myth that humans only use '10%' of their brain.\n\nAt any given moment in time, subportions of the brain are activated.  But, over time, all parts of the human brain are activated.  Which parts are activated at any given moment have to do with the functions of those parts of the brain and what associations have been established there.  The brain just isn't wired to have all neurons firing at once.\n\nThe evidence of what parts of the brain fire and when is being accumulated by having people perform specific tasks while having their heads scanned by CAT and PET scanners.  These are creating maps of the activity.
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Everything but the brain.
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Mind is more important than the body.