Brain Percentage Use
Human brain and skull. The 10 percent of the brain myth is the widely perpetuated urban legend that most or all humans only make use of 10 percent (or some other small percentage) of their brains. It has been misattributed to many people, including Albert Einstein. It's commonly said that we humans use only about 10 percent of our brains, with some people attributing Einstein's brilliance to his ability to stretch that paltry figure to 15 percent. What is correct, however, is that at certain moments in anyone's life, such as when we are simply at rest and thinking, we may be using only 10 percent of our brains. It turns out though, that we use virtually every part of the brain, and that [most of] the brain is active almost all the time, Gordon adds. It's estimated that we humans use use a very small percentage of our brain which is only 0.67% to 1.5%. Einstein was the only person who could use his 2.28% of brain. In fact … he was the only person who could use his brain to such an extent. The popularly and widely spread belief that we only use or have access to 10 percent of our brain's power is often used to speculate about the extent of human abilities if only we could utilize our brain's full capacity. In reality, the 10 percent claim is 100 percent myth. 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. Claim: We use only ten percent of our brains. Origins: Someone has taken most of your brain away and you probably didn't even know it. Well, not taken your brain away, exactly, but decided that you don't use it. It's the old myth heard time and again about how people use only ten percent of their brains. Of course, the idea that “you only use 10 percent of your brain” is, indeed, 100 hundred percent bogus. While for the people who repeat that myth, it's probably true, the rest of us happily use all of our brains. The Myth and the Media. 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. No, you do not use only 10 percent of your brain. In fact, scientists say most of your brain is active all the time.
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