• Question: Why do humans only use 10% of their brains

    Asked by kirbykirbo00 to Andrew, Jade, Jessica, Kevin, Lynn on 19 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Jess Wade

      Jess Wade answered on 19 Jun 2015:

      Thi is a myth! Albert Einstein is supposed to have said it in a letter he wrote in 1908, but he didn’t really, he said we only use small part of our mental and physical resources. We actually use all of our brains. Lots of neuroscientists are working on it using great techniques.

    • Photo: Kevin Honeychurch

      Kevin Honeychurch answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      It is not so important as to how big the brain is, but the degree of ‘folding’ on the surface. This seems to be more linked with intelligence.

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