That lump of grey matter inside your skull!

[Geoff-Allen]

Greetings everyone

Hope you are coping with this virus thingy as well as possible.

Here's a page of facts about the human brain -

The film Limitless with Bradley Cooper is just the latest version of the myth that we only use 10 percent of our brain. “This misconception came about because the brain is so adaptable that sometimes minor damage causes only subtle problems,” explains Brett Wingeier, PhD, engineer, neuroscientist, and co-founder of Halo Neuroscience. “The fact is, most of your brain is constantly working—to sense, process, think, move, and even dream.” Even when you head to sleep at night, your brain is still hard at work. Here are some more things you never knew about your brain.

30 Amazing Facts About Your Brain That Will Blow Your Mind

Enjoy your day!

 

[QuestioningMind]

Greetings everyone

Hope you are coping with this virus thingy as well as possible.

Here's a page of facts about the human brain -

The film Limitless with Bradley Cooper is just the latest version of the myth that we only use 10 percent of our brain. “This misconception came about because the brain is so adaptable that sometimes minor damage causes only subtle problems,” explains Brett Wingeier, PhD, engineer, neuroscientist, and co-founder of Halo Neuroscience. “The fact is, most of your brain is constantly working—to sense, process, think, move, and even dream.” Even when you head to sleep at night, your brain is still hard at work. Here are some more things you never knew about your brain.

30 Amazing Facts About Your Brain That Will Blow Your Mind

Enjoy your day!

My understanding is that the original quote was something akin to: Thus far we've only figured out the functions of about 10% of the brain's various regions. But of course it was misconstrued to mean that we only use about 10% of our brain.

 

[Thief]

I've been to see the Wizard

look out for that poppy field

it'll kill ya

 

[viole]

Greetings everyone

Hope you are coping with this virus thingy as well as possible.

Here's a page of facts about the human brain -

The film Limitless with Bradley Cooper is just the latest version of the myth that we only use 10 percent of our brain. “This misconception came about because the brain is so adaptable that sometimes minor damage causes only subtle problems,” explains Brett Wingeier, PhD, engineer, neuroscientist, and co-founder of Halo Neuroscience. “The fact is, most of your brain is constantly working—to sense, process, think, move, and even dream.” Even when you head to sleep at night, your brain is still hard at work. Here are some more things you never knew about your brain.

30 Amazing Facts About Your Brain That Will Blow Your Mind

Enjoy your day!

You mean "inside ITS skull", right?

Ciao

- viole

 

[Polymath257]

About 10% of the mass of the brain is in the neurons. The rest is in the glial cells, which are more a 'support system' for the neurons (as far as we know). I suspect this is the origin of that 10% usage figure.