Do you only use 10 of your brain?

1: You Only Use 10 Percent of Your Brain - We only use 10 percent of our brain. We're sure you've heard that myth before. And it is a myth that we use 10 percent of our brain. read more

Adding to that mystery is the contention that humans "only" employ 10 percent of their brain. If only regular folk could tap that other 90 percent, they too could become savants who remember π to the twenty-thousandth decimal place or perhaps even have telekinetic powers. read more

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. read more