Is it true that the average person uses only 10% of their brain capacity? Detailed answer

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Is it true that the average person uses only 10% of their brain capacity?

It is not uncommon to come across the claim that the average person uses only 10% of their brain capacity, although there is no scientific evidence for it. A possible source of the myth is the work of psychologists William James and Boris Sidis, during which they tested the theory of accelerated development on the example of the son of the second William Sidis. They concluded that we do not fully engage the brain, and later the writer Lowell Thomas gave this phrase a specific numerical value - that same 10%.

The myth was also exacerbated by early neuroscientists who did not understand the functions of many parts of the brain, which led them to make incorrect conclusions about their inactivity. Modern neuroscientists have no doubt that we use almost all parts of the brain, and they are active almost constantly.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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