April 2018
Beginner
200 pages
3h 39m
English
1O PERCENT OF OUR BRAIN
| CLAIM | Humans use only 10 percent of their brain. |
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| RESEARCH METHOD | Brain scans. | |
| BASIS | Boyd, R. 2008. “Do People Only Use 10% of Their Brains?” Scientific American, February 8. www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-people-only-use-10-percent-of-their-brains. |
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| STATUS | We use our entire brain, just at different times. | |
| COMMENTS | » We can improve our thinking, but through learning. » Our brains operate in distributed ways, so it may appear that parts are not being used. |
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| RECOMMENDATION | Develop your skills through practice. | |
ATTENTION SPAN OF A GOLDFISH
| CLAIM | Humans have changed to having ... |