Are there people who has used more than 10 percent of their brains?

Answer 1

Contrary to common belief, the entire brain is used. The myth that we only use 10% of our brain started because doctors didn't know what some of the parts did. on the other hand some seem to use only 10 percent if you look at how the world is going
All of the human brain is being used all of the time, just because you arent always running doesnt mean your muscles arent always being used; same with your brain.
Nobody knows how much of the brain is used. There is probably some redundancy in the system as there is in every other system in our body. This lets us recover from strokes and head injuries, and continue to think as we age (as neurons die off). The factoid (something that sounds true but isn't) is that we only us e 10% of our brain.

The 10 percent statistic may have first been stated by William James (1842-1910) when he said "we are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources" (The Energies of Men, 1908). However no specific "brain use rating" can be determined and in any event he said resources or capacity, not brain hardware. The wording shifted with repetition to be "brain" not "resources" and we wound up with the present incarnation of this statement.

Even on the basis of evolution we would probably have pared down the amount of useless brain sometime in the distant past as the brain consumes 20 percent of body oxygen and places significant energy and maintenance demands on the body.

Just like our muscles not all the brain is in use at once. The parts of the brain are not equally active active (and luck for us too, as the brain activity creates heat and we don't have the cooling capacity to support that!). It is possible that, like muscles, you can strengthen the brain and get more use of it. But also, like muscles, no one can expect to get 10 times stronger or smarter by exersize.

That is known as the "10 percent myth" , actually, Brain imaging research techniques such as PET scans (positron emission tomography) and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) clearly show that the vast majority of the brain does not lie fallow. Indeed, although certain minor functions may use only a small part of the brain at one time, any sufficiently complex set of activities or thought patterns will indeed use many parts of the brain.
The normal human uses all parts of the brain at one time or another, but the percent of brain use at any given time is dependent on the circumstances. For example, during important life-endangering situations more of the brain is likely to be used. Watching paint dry, however, requires a fraction of the brain activity.

The idea that we only use about 10% of our brain is a common myth. A relevant excerpt from a recent article states: "First of all, it is obvious that the brain, like all our other organs, has been shaped by natural selection. Brain tissue is metabolically expensive both to grow and to run, and it strains credulity to think that evolution would have permitted squandering of resources on a scale necessary to build and maintain such a massively underutilized organ. Moreover, doubts are fuelled by ample evidence from clinical neurology. Losing far less than 90 percent of the brain to accident or disease has catastrophic consequences." The very last sentence answers the question for us. Even a tiny fraction of brain loss results in problems, which suggests all of the brain area is important and vital. In addition the various parts of our brain have been mapped as being related to specific functions (some to do with memory, some with deeper thinking etc.)
The whole brain is used for a wide variety of purposes, both conscious and subconscious, voluntary and autonomic.

Answer 2

The "10% of the brain" thing is a myth. All things being equal, everyone uses 100% of the brain. It is not all functioning at the same moment; that would be a serious malfunction. But every part of the brain is used, and every area of each part is used, from time to time. Some people have different patterns of synapses (neural inter-connectedness), and to a degree these patterns can be modified at various times in life.

Answer 3

We use all of our brain, all the time but certain parts of the human brain are allocated to certain jobs EG. Movement, Memory, Emotion etc etc. Your question could be asking is 5% of our brain used when........ But we use 100% of our brain power 100% of the time. Even when we are sleeping!!!

Answer 4

We use all of our brain. You don't have your entire brain active at any one time though. For example, you have nerve cells to detect all of the possible colours, but you are not always seeing all of the colours. Similar with sound, pain, taste, smell....

You are not moving all of your muscles at one time either.

So there are many cells in the brain that are not currently being used because the situation does not require their use.

A grand-mal seizure is when brain signals go out of control and you have too much activity in the brain. Using all of your brain at once would not make your smarter, it would be chaos.

Answer 5

No, it is not true. This is a myth. There is no real proof that humans only use 10% of their brains and it is most likely not true.

Answer 6

It is a common myth that humans only use 10% of their brain. Humans do use all of their brain, only 10% at a time.

Answer 7

I agree and disagree with her because it’s not truth and truth because if you want to use your brain you gone use it and if you you don’t want to use it you don’t have to use it .