Why do we not use our brain a hundred percent?
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We use all of our brains.  It is a myth that we do not.
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the brain is capable of processing 400,000 bits of information a second,we process 2000 what does that tell you?consciously trying to solve two difficult problems at once is unlikely.Good Luck
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It's a huge misconception that people only use 8% of their brains.  I'm a neuroscientist and have yet to find someone who will volunteer to let me take out 92% of their brain.  If you take out 92% of a brain, that person would be lucky to be alive in a persistent vegitative state.  \n\nTo answer the question, why people loose their memory ...\nPeople loose anything they don't use on a regular basis, including performing tasks or remembering information.  If you don't 'excite' a conection in the brain regularly, that conection degrades, as it is an inefficient use of brain energy to keep a conection alive when it isn't needed.  It's just a part of life.
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This is likely more a conscious/subconscious effect than anything really scary.  When we decide we "want" to do something, our conscious mind is not usually the instigator of it.  The great majority of what we do is either totally unknown to our conscious mind (like scratching, or shifting in our seat) or vaguely associate (like what part of a meal to eat next).  We rarely plan exactly what our next motion is consciously-and even when we do specifically think "I'm going to do *that*" we dont think about the exact way we will do it. Those studies addressed the poorly understood motivational parts of our mind, which likely make these choices prior to telling the "conscious" parts of our mind what the primary goal is.
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For increased surface area for cerebral functions (whatever they are). I personally believe that at some point early in our evolution we used our brains a lot LOT more than we do now (80-90% vs. 4%) for telekinesis, telepathy, be able to perceive more than 3 dimensions...and all sorts of things...even to ascend to a higher plane of existence...\nBut we seem to have lost that ability...(or been forced to forget??)
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The limbic system of your brain has corrupted your worldview, but that's to be expected in a very insecure universe.  People who are enlightened use their cerebral cortex to look for the creative side of life and for happiness here on earth during the short sojourn between the random event of birth and the random nothingness of death.
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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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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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We have to put our mind into whatever we do 'cause take this instance for example. If u r sitting to study and u r thinking of ur favourite TV program u r better of watching TV  than doing the thing u r struggling to do in ur mind.\n\nU must be fcused in what u want to do that is all concentrating is about.
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We have to focus on doing is so our body reacts  before anything happens. Its reaction prevents the brain from processing tickling like it would if another person were doing it. It is no loger a surprise.
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in a proper way using your brain
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yes there must be a limit  for the brain functions and  storage!! but the Brain only uses 2% of its total capacity the links and the other organs such as ear nose eye cannot coup up with it !! that's why the eye needs rest after reading for a long time !! the brain usually stores the messages by replacing the unwanted with the new one which are used more!! and when you study in a certain topic in different places and different ways it gets easy for the brain to store the information in one place and link it to the other links!! so more you study the easy it'll be for you to study>>>
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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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The brain is convoluted. As are we all?
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Even Albert Einstien could not use 100% of his brain. According to a research , humans use only 10% of their brain and Einstien used 90% of his intellect. So you can realise what the potential of human brain is. If at all you come to know how one can use 100 % of his brain , let me know too.And if you are able to do so, I hail to you as a true genius(no kidding).All the best , may god bless you!\nYours sincerely,\nVanchit
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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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No, it is not true. All of your brain gets used, at different times, for different functions. \n\nHow can it be measured? PET scans and fMRI.