the tipical myth: we only use 10% of our brain

How many of us have heard that phrase several times on television or in everyday life? Another major current fallacies and enduring nearly a century.

It is totally false that we only use 10% of our brain. We use 100%, albeit not simultaneously. As happens to our muscles, we used brain regions depending on the activity we are doing. The greater complexity, greater use of the brain. Perhaps one of the reasons that the myth arose was that some people twisted the statement that use 10% of our brain in a conscious way, while 90% is unconscious (in charge of tasks such as controlling the heart rate , intestinal peristalsis, dilation or contraction of the pupils, etc). At the end, all that and was upset as the myth now.

If the claim were true 10%, with the least brain injury result in death, and that's not true. When there is an injury, and if it is small, the adjacent areas of the region altered attempt to compensate for loss of function through a slow process of neuronal plasticity. Also, if we used only 10% would be plants or be dead. No one can live with that percentage of brain activity.

The origin of this myth is very diffuse.But despite all investigations, no one knows for sure what was the triggering event. Among the various hypotheses that are believed to handle scientific findings emerged misunderstood or misinterpreted by people who did not understand the field and was subsequently broadcast. Some people say it came from Einstein who responded once during an interview that he only used 10% of his brain.

This is an example of what some call "Psycho" Done. " A belief that, although not supported by actual evidence, is taken as real because its constant repetition changes the way we experience life. The people who have more knowledge, know no more than repeat over and over again.