is it true that we only use 1/3 of our brains?
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For most people it's 10%
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I, like you, only use one side of my brain. I'm not sure why I do this. I think it's just how I was brought up.
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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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No, size in humans does not have much to do with intelligence. Rather it is the percentage of the brain actually used by the individual. Most people only use 30-31% of their brain for thinking functions. Smarter people use slightly more than that (though not much!). Intelligence also has to do with exposure during the infant and toddler periods. The period of time when language develops is the most crucial to brain development. Studies of "wild children" have confirmed this. Infants and young children who are more stimulated through a multitude of activities, using all of the 5 senses, are usually more intelligent. This is why doctors advocate colorful rooms, and playing music to infants, as well as toys with multiple textures and shapes.
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One of the differences is in how much pre-frontal lobe cortex we have. The pre-frontal lobes have to do with "connecting the dots"...logical analysis, association...it allows us to visualize the future, make rationale judgments and plan. For this reason hey call it the "executive" part of the brain. In humans, 33% of the cortex, the thinking part of the brain, is frontal. In chimpanzees, it's only about 10%. That's a huge difference, signifying that humans have a whole lot more of the kind of brain function that produces higher level intelligence.
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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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1/2 penis cause you need all the brain you can use. its not the size of your penis it's how you use it.
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What middle are you talking about? The back of the brain controls the "middle!"
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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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Just to add to webserfun's excellent answer:\n\n"That tired Ten-Percent claim pops up all the time. In 1998, national magazine ads for U.S. Satellite Broadcasting showed a drawing of a brain. Under it was the caption, "You only use 11 percent of its potential." Well, they're a little closer than the ten-percent figure, but still off by about 89 percent. In July 1998, ABC television ran promotional spots for The Secret Lives of Men, one of their offerings for the fall season's lineup. The spot featured a full-screen blurb that read, "Men only use ten percent of their brains."\n\nOne reason this myth has endured is that it has been adopted by psychics and other paranormal pushers to explain psychic powers.\n1) Brain imaging research techniques such as PET scans (positron emission tomography) and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) clearly show that the vast majority of the brain does not lie fallow. Indeed, although certain minor functions may use only a small part of the brain at one time, any sufficiently complex set of activities or thought patterns will indeed use many parts of the brain. Just as people don't use all of their muscle groups at one time, they also don't use all of their brain at once. For any given activity, such as eating, watching television, making love, or reading, you may use a few specific parts of your brain. Over the course of a whole day, however, just about all of the brain is used at one time or another."
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My thoughts on this, however crazy they may be, are as follows:\n\nWe only use a fraction of our brains for everyday thinking. Science has proved this. So what is the rest of it being used for? We have a vast subconscious mind that is capable of processing more information than the worlds largest supercomputer! Therefore, since our dreams come from our subconscious minds (way deep down in the back) they are far more capable of being truthful than our everyday thoughts. I think deep down, we all know the entire history of the universe but our brains are wired for everyday ignorance so that we can function properly and not compete with God.\n\nI know, it's crazy but that's how I explain it...
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Everything but the brain.
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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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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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That 10% story has fallen to Urban Myth status.  New medical imaging techniques can now show which parts of the brain are in use during particular functions, such as speaking, reading, listening to music, etc.  Turns out that your brain uses many differnt parts to do most functions, but certiain functions TEND to concentrate in particular areas.\n\nWhat remains of the myth, though, may actually help understand what I said in the last paragraph.  Many people who have hade severe brain damage and loss of many functions, can sometimes regain at least some ot those functions when the brain learns to use other, undamaged parts to do what the damaged parts used to.\n\nYeah, a vital organ.  An artificial heart can keep a person going, but with no brain, even a beating heart runs in an empty shell.
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in a proper way using your brain