Meet Your Brain · Brain
The 10% myth, the left/right brain myth, and 'you can't grow new neurons'.
Before we go further, let's clear three things out of the way — because each one gets in the way of understanding what the brain actually does.
You do not use 10% of your brain: imaging shows activity throughout, and there is no dormant reserve waiting to be unlocked. You are not 'left-brained' or 'right-brained' as a personality: the hemispheres do specialise somewhat, but essentially every real task uses both, constantly, through the thick bridge between them. And the adult brain is not fixed — connections reorganise throughout life, and some regions do produce new neurons.
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