How much of the brain does each person use throughout their day?
In 1936, American writer Lowell Thomas wrote in his introduction to Dale Carnegie's book"How to Win Friends and Influence People" what would become an oft-repeated claim:"Professor William James of Harvard used to say that the average man develops only 10% of his latent mental ability."
"It's just such a funny myth," said Julie Fratantoni, a cognitive neuroscientist and head of operations for The BrainHealth Project at the University of Texas at Dallas. For starters, she's not even sure if 10% refers to volume or something else:"Is it 10% of energy metabolism? Is it 10% of electrical activity? Is it blood oxygenation levels?" This myth is so pervasive that students ask about it.
"The idea is that parts of the brain that are receiving more blood are burning more energy, and therefore, they're more functionally involved with whatever you're thinking about," Hecht said.
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