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title: What Percentage of Your Brain do You Use? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/what-percentage-of-your-brain-do-you-use/
date: 2014-01-31
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# What Percentage of Your Brain do You Use?

Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved to use the least amount of energy while carrying the most information possible — a feat that requires the entire brain. Richard E. Cytowic debunks this neurological myth (and explains why we aren’t so good at multitasking).