12 Popular Facts About the Brain That Aren’t Actually True

Brain myth: We only use 10 percent of our brain

“This is a brain myth you frequently hear but it’s grossly false,” says Rimas V. Lukas, MD, neuro-oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He says the brain’s operating system is complicated but all its cells are essential—in some capacity—to its functioning. “I view all of the brain as important,” he says. These 50 brain secrets will blow your mind.

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