Name: Do We Really Use Only 10% Of Our Brain?
Uploaded: 2014-05-01T08:32:48.000Z
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And by "know," I mean are crazy, horribly, mistaken.

Anthony here for D News, and according to a brain health

survey from the Michael J. Fox Foundation, 65% of Americans

think that we only use 10% of our brains on a daily basis.

It's definitely something I've heard in my life over,

There's not a part of your brain that you do not use.

There is no dormant part with psychic abilities

anything you see hidden behind some cranial roadblock

The human brain is an incredibly complex organ.

And all its little bits are highly specialized,

some of them in ways that we are just beginning to understand.

The myth probably started through a misquote

of the findings of a study guide in the 1890s

where they attempted to raise a child prodigy in a way that

would actually accelerate his intelligence.

He just meant we don't challenge ourselves enough mentally.

from early neurological research in the 19th or 20th century.

As scientists started digging around in all those brains,

it seemed like there were bits that didn't change anything

have very subtle and specialized functions,

stuff you might not be able to tell is missing right away.

that is just dedicated to making electrical sockets look

We also know that the brain can rearrange and reassign

But it's easy to see how early data could

We've got way better brain data now, thanks to stuff

show what the whole brain is up to at any time

can monitor the activity of a single cell.

Your whole brain is always worrying and humming

Certain sections work harder than others at certain times.

But except for people with actual localized brain damage,

I mean, our brain uses 20% of our body's total energy.

Why would it need so much if it was mostly dormant?

Also, unused brain cells actually degenerate.

away from being a psychically-powered warrior.

But the real unmangled quote from William James

Most of us don't meet our mental potential.

So now that you know that you can access all 100 billion

of those neurons of yours at any given time, go out and do it.

I'm going to learn French this afternoon.

responsible for unhealthy levels of optimism.

Hey, what do you want to know about the human brain?

And we'll answer some of those questions in future videos.