Question: Charli, why don't we use a high percentage of our brain?

Charlotte Flavell answered on 16 Jun 2014:

The idea that we only use a small proportion of our brains is actually a myth!

Our brains are highly specialised and even though it may just look like a lump of pink jelly, it is actually separated into lots of different areas, all of which do different things are are connected to each other in different ways.

There is an area that controls our breathing, areas that control movement, parts that control what we see and other parts that are in charge of speaking. We can store memories in lots of bits all over the brain! All of these parts have to work together in order for us to function but most of the time we don’t even realise it.

So, although every bit of your brain might not be working all at once, we definitely use all of it at some point 🙂