Myths · 2026-10-12
You DON'T use just 10% of your brain
The Professor says
You only use 10% of your brain.
Fact Check
You use all of it. Brain scans show activity across the whole brain over a day, and even during sleep many regions stay busy. Damage to almost any part of the brain has effects, which would not be true if 90% sat idle.
Sources
Scientific American (neurologists Barry Gordon, Johns Hopkins, and John Henley, Mayo Clinic)
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