I just realized that when i insult my brain for acting awkward in public the brain actually insults itself and i am actually my brain and my brain is actually me. Life is crazy
No. U are not your brain, just as u are not your body. Why? Because u cannot fully control your brain, or your body etc. What YOU are is awareness-this is the ONLY thing one can control..where to put your awareness, and the body and brain responds to this. You....are the awareness that realizes your observation about your brain. Maintain awareness.
@@imaginarychip4916 What we call "me" is a transient illusion, same goes for the soul. There is no transmutable identity. Nearly all of these illusions are projections of our ego that we indulge in/attach to, falsely believing them to be real.
Actually there's a guy that lived normaly(ofcourse not fully normally he had low iq lol) with nearly 10% of his brain. U can actually check it out on a channel named thoughty²
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth. Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways. But its actually true if phrased differently. I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain, but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter. Its really just a Phrasing Problem, as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious. I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around the word obvious for no reason, ya know. So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
@@slevinchannel7589 1. supress your bri'ish side 2. yes i know im missing the point and i know we dont have unlocked some of the potential of the brain
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth. Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways. But its actually true if phrased differently. I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain, but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter. Its really just a Phrasing Problem, as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious. I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around the word obvious for no reason, ya know...
Thank God someone made a video. I remember spending hours trying to convince few of my friends after watching Lucy movie that the movie was based on a myth and is far from truth (as far as brain power is concerned)
When the current generation grows up I hope we'll be telling our children that "when I was a kid, people still thought that we only used 10% of our brains."
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth. Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways. But its actually true if phrased differently. I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain, but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter. Its really just a Phrasing Problem, as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious. I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around the word obvious for no reason, ya know. So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
Conceptually all ideas are only considered real if it fits to a standard and after you think of an alternate reality reality then turns to something conceptual bitches
If I was a teacher, I would start every class with one of these videos. They are the most informative and entertaining videos I have discovered on UA-cam.
What an awesome explanation, learnt so many things in this one video than watching hours of other videos. Thanks Addison Anderson, your voice to these videos makes it all the way more interesting to keep hearing from you. Love Ted Ed❤️❤️❤️
I already knew the myth wasn't as it seemed, but you explained it more clearly than I would have imagined would have been available to find. So many stupid misconceptions are in need of being changed in the minds of so many people, it's crazy! Your video was clear and informative, and what I most liked about it is that you somehow succeeded in making a video appropriate both for the general public and for the knowledgeable in biology. Well done!
Let me add in the fact that 10% of brain cells are neurons. The other 90% are known as "glial cells". These cells act as support structures for neurons to attach and anchor themselves to. They also bring nutrients to the neurons so that they can transmit electricity. You use 100% of your brain, everyday. I dream of doing a Ted talk one day. Still so much to learn.
Actually, this widely held view has recently been overturned! While there are certainly small regions of the brain that have a high ratio of glial cells to neurons (I seem to recall the thalamus is around 17:1), most of the brain is much closer to 1:1, as demonstrated primarily by Suzana Herculano-Houzel (for a good review of this, see: www.frontiersin.org/human_neuroscience/10.3389/neuro.09.031.2009/abstract).
0:06 “We use 10% of our brain” is a myth. 4:04 “We use 1% to 16% of our brain at any given moment.” That doesn’t sound like a myth to me. To me, that sounds like it’s the opposite of a myth.
That Lucy movie brought me here xD had to do some research.But just imagine we as humans using our brains to its full potential 100% of the time instead of sections that be pretty awesome
Actually, it would probably make it almost impossible to concentrate on anything. Also, if our entire brain was active all the time, we would all be insomniacs and probably extremely depressed.
No, Lucy is still possible. If you remember they said the whole brain is used, but not at it's highest strength. I don't think the statement "we only use %90 of our brains" is meant to apply to the physical area of the brain rather than its power. I am not saying I believe it either way, as I don't, but anything is possible..
+Shaun Regenbaum may be it will run like high speed car for 10 minutes. than nothing will work. You know computer processors they can do anything but can not dream to become something more then 100%. we have to work more and think more to become some one better and beyond. We can add 10-20 more humans brains together (collaboration) to use our brain more 100% of single persons brain.
+Nafis Ahmad this is not related but let me just share my experience. before Limitless I was a catholic. After limitless i had the notion that i can be God because of the power of our brain before Lucy, reality hits me and i became an atheist and after lucy i was able to re-think possibilities and reality so now i am and probably will remain agnostic
watching this video made all my neurons activate. i am typing this from a 5th dimension in the 2nd dimension of the 31st dimension of galaxy A2599b also i am using telekinesis and writing this while i sleep, which is me staying awake with my eyes closed because my body does not need sleep to function.
As interesting as that was it didn't so much debunk the myth but explain the reason for it and clarify that it is not that we use 10% and the other 90% does nothing but rather that at any one time our brain is functioning at 10% usage (approximately). Sounded more like you clarified the "myth" and explained it rather than debunking it.
It did seem that way a little. But he also explained the difference between conscious and unconscious use. Also, we use 100 percent of the brain, just not all at the same time. Different tasks require different regions of the brain. So we USE 100 percent of the brain. Just not all at once. It's just like you USE 100 percent of your house, but you can only be in one room of the house at a time.
It's being pointed out that we can't use 100% of our brain. Our body can't sustain it, because it would consume too much power and can only handle a small percentage at any given time. The Myth was that a huge portion was just not being used and had to be 'unlocked', like a room in house that doesn't get used. Yes we do use all of the brain. Just not all at once and I think the video explains that it is the most efficient way for the brain to work.
Well if you consider the cerebellum and medulla activities i believe that it is a little more than 10% at a time. I mean, even if you are walking on the sidewalk, talking to a cellphone you can still process image input from you eyes, feel the air temperature with your skin and feel your body balance while you walk. But of course that priority preemptiveness (as in computing) of your brain is still working enough so you can process a car horn sound and stop the other activities to pay attention to that because your brain 'understands' that it is a higher priority to not get run over by a car. [Feel free to discuss it, politely]
Rafael Oda I think that is true we use all of our brain but not all of it in the same time.Who know what would world look like if we could use all of our brain potential all the time.
@@jadeprinces We'd probably see everything, hear everything, feel everything, remember everything in the space of a second...then in the next second realize it was a bad idea as our body shuts down from the exhaustion
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth. Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways. But its actually true if phrased differently. I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain, but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter. Its really just a Phrasing Problem, as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious. So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
Ted Ed just makes everything which seems to very common and perhaps boring,very interesting. Love to listen to information. Love the animations. Love the voice.
You shouldn't take this to mean the old myth was correct in anyway. Your brain might flicker in order to save energy, but the while thing flickers. That is very different than having a couple of bright spots and everything else is dark.
The old myth is partially right. The brain activity is between 1-16% at any moment in time. Collectively the parts of brain which are active changes over time and therefore the usage of the brain is 100% over many moments.
If you take a snapshot, but it is flickering like a lightbulb at high speed. My point was that the old myth is not correct at all because it was measuring the wrong thing. You don't get to be right just because the numbers look the same. You have to show your work!
Brian Kenneth Kondas No the old myth is wrong. Saying we only use 10% of our brain is utterly ridiculous. We use part of it at a given time yes, but that is completely different than only being able to use 10%.
Wow people, pay attention. We use our entire brains. The video said any part that wasn't used would be such a waste of energy that evolution would have eliminated it.
The brain is not only a processor, it is also a memory device. It should be raphrased: 10% we can use for personal computation like decision making or control of the body, and 90% is for maintenance of your body ( like visuals, hearing, balance, sensations, memory, healing, and other involuntary functions keeping us alive). Simples.
About doing one thing at a time(in the context of a man named Timothy's work as a pastor) 1 Timothy 4:15 AMPC [15] Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody. I think this wisdom can also be applied to us as well
So the short answer is that we only use ~10% of our brain AT ANY GIVEN TIME. Good to know. I still love the movie Matilda, even if it planted a false idea of how I use my brain when I was a kid. Side Note and question: Don't we _technically_ multitask all the time? There's a lot of unconscious processes going on in the body. And for conscious tasks, I can do some pretty not amazing stuff like chew gum and walk. Or walk and talk. Or listen to Welcome to Nightvale and work on a puzzle. Isn't that multitasking too? Or is my brain just switching from task A to B and back so quickly that I don't realize it? (And can you test for that with brain scans?)
We multitask all the time, but unconsciously. It would be pretty damn hard to remind yourself to take a breath or start a heart beat every second wouldnt it. And when you do a puzzle and listen to a song, most times you'd forget about one task at hand which you are focusing less on. Thats why while playing video games you realize hours later that the playlist was already over. Thats because it has gone unnoticed. And even though we use 10% of our brains, i don't really think using it all would make us a genius, it would probably only increase our attention and the ability to do math while we play while we talk to a person while we watch a movie. Oh wait. It might actually help. But wouldn't the load drive us crazy? :P And yes you can test that with brain scans, different regions of our brains are associated to problem solving and listening. But just because we aren't paying attention doesnt mean it isnt a stimulus to out brain.
As an Intellectual, I come to a solution and that is, we need more Glucose to pump into our head? judging by the circumstances @1:30 since kids learn and remember things easily because their brain consumes more glucose to body ratio...
100% Otherwise, it means you are brain dead. It's just that we don't use 100% of that 100% to think, to recall memories, to learn, etc., instead most of that percentage is used to (subconsciously) control even the littlest of body functions such as blinking and the largest such as breathing. Whether you think about it or not (you can hold your breath, therefore you can control your breathing) you don't have to think about it every time you inhale and exhale, your brain is already doing that for you.
I just made this comment because ted-ed usually makes videos with questions as their titles but never tells us the answer, Anyway. Thanks for the effort. :)
4:10 - "... between 1% and 16% of cells should be active at any given moment." What I gathered from this video is that the myth is true that we do only use about 10% of our brain (in a single instance). The misunderstanding lies in people thinking that it's beneficial or even possible for more cells than that to fire simultaneously. Correct me if I'm mistaken?
What I understood is that Energy Management requires brain to use only specific parts at a time (though it indeed uses the entire brain over a long span of time). So, the limiting factor is energy. But what if we remove this limiting factor? What would happen if we supply infinite energy to the brain? Can we force it into using all of its part together? if yes, then what would be the result of it?
Different areas of the brain are specialised for different tasks. The reason we only use a small proportion of our brain at any given time, is that it is not necessary for areas unrelated to the task to be being used. For example, there's no point in a part of your brain specialised in making cupcakes being active, when you are taking a maths test.
***** The brain has different regions for different tasks. There are different specific regions for motor actions, for senses, for involuntary actions and so on. Using 100% brain should not mean using entire brain in one task. What I was thinking that 100% of brain use would make us much much better in multi-tasking, as we would be able to stimulate multiple regions together hence could focus on many things.
An interesting question, Manesh. But how do you propose to "apply infinite energy to the brain?" Relatively speaking, electroshock, lightning strikes, and the electric chair deliver infinite energy to the brain and destroy it. Even electrode implants first Parkinson's disease or seizure management disrupt intrinsic energy circuits; these external sources do not add energy to the nervous system. How, then, might you imagine overcoming the intrinsic power limitations, as well as a thermodynamic limits? Much research already shows that multitasking degrades performance, especially in those who believe themselves to be excellent at it. So, how do you get past this empirical finding as well as "force" multiple regions to work simultaneously? They already do, except not all at once which is the point of the brain's energy efficiency. Your idea has merit, and I'd like to hear how you propose implementing it in a practical way.
***** First of all, I would like to let you know that Human Brain is far more superior than any computer in multitasking, computers are better in doing repetitive taks. Anyway, coming back to the main question. Human brain suffer from lack of attention. We cant focus on the everything we see, we cant keep in mind everything we hear, we smell many things but we cant identify them till we actually set our attention to it, we even seize to breathe when watching something very exciting/interesting (it might be possible that it happens to me only, but "breathtaking" is a common word). Now, if we are using the entire brain simultaneously i.e. 100% brain usage, would this overcome these limitations? Would we be able to do deep thinking (analytical part of brain), swim (motor action control center) and as well as memorize what is being played on the radio?
Engaging and eloquently delivered; akin to a book that was both engaging and eloquently written. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
"No scientific research is available to accurately measure how much of our brain we actually use. However, most psychologists and learning specialists believe that we all have far more mental ability than we actually tap."
We use the whole brain _in parts for different purposes_ - it would be an insane waste of energy to use the entire brain at maximum power for every single activity, and this would also contradict the fact that different parts of the brain are used for different purposes. For example, your auditory cortex will not fire up nearly as much as the cerebellum when you try to balance on a tightrope.
Interesting, but false. Not in the sense that anything he said was inherently incorrect, but misleading it was. One of Billy Milligan's personalities could deliberately release adrenaline in his system, for example. Some Buddhist monks can spend days in meditation, which I remind you is a different mental state, with different brainwaves. Some sadhu can breath water without choking (I'm not saying this is good for them, but they can if they want) and some yogi can spend years with a raised arm. Kim Peek can read two pages of a book in five seconds, one page with the left eye and one with the right one, and he has memorized 12000 books. Stephen Wiltshire can see a whole city once and redraw it perfectly. Daniel Tammet taught himself Icelandic in one week on a dare, and was then interviewed on his _other_ excellent abilities in this language. People with eidetic memory remember everything they give attention to. People with the absolute pitch have the ability to identify the exact frequency of a note just by listening to it. We could be using 100% of our _neurons_, but don't you come and tell me we use all of our brain potential.
Because someone has a special ability or a talent does not mean they are somehow accessing a different part of the brain? Our brain is made up of sections dedicated to different areas of life therefore Kim peeks brain happens to have a better recollection capacity than ours, does not mean that cannot be trained or it must be some innate intelligence hiding in our brain
jon carna Actually, that is _exactly_ what it means. Giving that there are some brain skills that we don't use, the implication is that we use less than 100% of our brain _potential_. We don't need to use 100% of our brain _tissue_ to get more out of it than we do now. So, while the video was factually correct, it was misleading, because we do use less that 100% of what our brain can do. Maybe not 10%, but that's another matter.
Only over million of years of evolution IF there was still survival-of-the-fittest/smartest evolution, which clearly is not the case as the hungry/stupid/poor gets the most children.
omegadan Right, so you have to eat more raw food than cooked, but there is a limit to how much you can eat, thus a person on a raw food diet might be too full to get as much nutrition as someone eating cooked food.
Brain at night: uses 20% of my energy
Brain during an exam: three take it or leave it
sadly, I have to take it😓
Lol
True 😅😅😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahaha true
this video just activated 90% more neurons in my brain
yeah
Isabella Martin thank you
Isabella Martin what is that?
A. Saleh ohh u r the best lol
stupid joke
Can i turn off battery saving mode and change to high performance mode
Yah, but you need to eat 24 hours for that and an artificial digesting system.
meditate to achieve that
Yes, do drugs
Eat a tide pod
You don’t have the correct battery charger wire.
I just realized that when i insult my brain for acting awkward in public the brain actually insults itself and i am actually my brain and my brain is actually me. Life is crazy
you can train it step by step to be less awkward and gather information about socializing,and use it to change your own behavior...
mind-blowing, I know...
No. U are not your brain, just as u are not your body. Why? Because u cannot fully control your brain, or your body etc. What YOU are is awareness-this is the ONLY thing one can control..where to put your awareness, and the body and brain responds to this. You....are the awareness that realizes your observation about your brain.
Maintain awareness.
@@surfinmuso37
So technically theres no "me"
Im just some body parts that myself i guess my "soul" is controlling, not even fully controlling
@@imaginarychip4916 What we call "me" is a transient illusion, same goes for the soul. There is no transmutable identity. Nearly all of these illusions are projections of our ego that we indulge in/attach to, falsely believing them to be real.
As CGP Grey once said, “If you believe someone can scoop out 90% of your brain out and still be fine, maybe you do use 10% of your brain.”
Actually there's a guy that lived normaly(ofcourse not fully normally he had low iq lol) with nearly 10% of his brain. U can actually check it out on a channel named thoughty²
@@mhamddor5393 bruh
The human brain created a video about a myth of itself.
Aiman Hakim Syafirudin the brain also named itself..
The human brain also created a myth about itself
Right. Humans are so DOOMED!
+Aiman Hakim Syafirudin brainception wow
+Aiman Hakim Syafirudin Very cool!
"this packing is why we are so smart." the brain praising and admiring himself.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My brain told me to write this
me after this realizing im already 115 iq and underweight FOOD EATING MODE ACTIVIATED HIGH PERFORMANCE CHECK
Human brain:
Let me clear all the myths about me😂
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth.
Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways.
But its actually true if phrased differently.
I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain,
but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter.
Its really just a Phrasing Problem,
as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not
use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious.
I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or
talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past
what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around
the word obvious for no reason, ya know.
So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex
than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
@@slevinchannel7589 if we use 100% of our brain we have a seizure
@@theperson_12 ...Ya missing the point, lad...
@@slevinchannel7589
1. supress your bri'ish side
2. yes i know im missing the point and i know we dont have unlocked some of the potential of the brain
Exactly. The brain must be offended 😂😂
"'Don't let a fraudulent myth make you guilty about your supposedly lazy brain. Guilt would be a waste of energy." it makes sense.
Ted: Don't waste your "brain energy"
Me: *thinks about how i could have won an argoment from 5 years ago*
we know that feel lol
Specially thinking while you are in bed n trying to sleep....
Man
That comment brought my depression back
𝚒𝚔𝚛(;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth.
Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways.
But its actually true if phrased differently.
I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain,
but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter.
Its really just a Phrasing Problem,
as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not
use what they're capable of.
I mean, it cant get more obvious.
I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or
talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past
what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around
the word obvious for no reason, ya know...
Thank God someone made a video. I remember spending hours trying to convince few of my friends after watching Lucy movie that the movie was based on a myth and is far from truth (as far as brain power is concerned)
They actually thought it was real?
But this video says our brain using efficient plan which made that myth true
Hi person from 5years back
OK but how much % of our brians do we actually use then?
When the current generation grows up I hope we'll be telling our children that "when I was a kid, people still thought that we only used 10% of our brains."
It is, we use 10% at a time so we dont fry our brains out. Like powersaving CPU; 4 cpus, only each working at a time for power efficiency.
now we add 6% more to that and that's the maximum capacity our brains can maintain before frying out!
It is true, that's how trump got elected.
i just hope we won't tell them that some people believes that earth is flat
@@brosplit did you watch the video?
"makes us so smart'.
ehhh....
most of us.
Except the Kardashians
+Tristan Lau
lol
"most of us".
Ehhh....
That's the vegans and people who don't know they're in a pyramid scheme
Sorry, I forgot the flat earthers
Brain : I'm self learning about myself.
The brain called itself “smart and powerful” and made me type this
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth.
Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways.
But its actually true if phrased differently.
I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain,
but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter.
Its really just a Phrasing Problem,
as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not
use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious.
I really dont have to show evidence how easy it is to improve or
talk about how laughable the idea is that humans will never evolve past
what they're right now capable of. I mean, i dont throw around
the word obvious for no reason, ya know.
So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex
than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
nice, my brain wanted to type this because it thinks you're smart and powerful to type this comment
The truth is that you even don't exist apart of your brain😂
So full of himself.
What's the only organ that named itself?
The brain.
+Nm Coates The brain studies itself.
ThatRandom Girl.26 MINDFUCK!
tongue
Metaphorically so did the heart
I didn't name myself brain, you guys did and I followed along with what you were calling me.
This video really brought up my self esteem.
An Idea Guy 3 years later... nice.
@@MaxTax_ two years later.... Nice
Conceptually all ideas are only considered real if it fits to a standard and after you think of an alternate reality reality then turns to something conceptual bitches
Give me an year
How?
i guess thats why im always hungry and my head hurts after doing complicated tasks
Same
actually, after taking examination, i feel really hungry too.
I eat more than 64 hungry crocodiles but never gain any weight. Turns out I think too much ))))
maybe that is why im coming home from school hungry
ok
If I was a teacher, I would start every class with one of these videos. They are the most informative and entertaining videos I have discovered on UA-cam.
What an awesome explanation, learnt so many things in this one video than watching hours of other videos. Thanks Addison Anderson, your voice to these videos makes it all the way more interesting to keep hearing from you. Love Ted Ed❤️❤️❤️
I already knew the myth wasn't as it seemed, but you explained it more clearly than I would have imagined would have been available to find. So many stupid misconceptions are in need of being changed in the minds of so many people, it's crazy! Your video was clear and informative, and what I most liked about it is that you somehow succeeded in making a video appropriate both for the general public and for the knowledgeable in biology. Well done!
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Here because of the movie Lucy
Lmao same , i got curious
Zac Guseinov The idea came first.
The best movie ever❤️❤️
Zac Guseinov What does the movie says?
Zac Guseinov sameee
Watching a Vsauce video makes the brain consume 99% of energy.
True
Marv3Lthe1 I had an MRI while watching Vsauce, ended up using 100% of my brain.
@@rateater420 😂
Rip Vsauce
So true
Video is old but gold!!!
the brain always asks itself: why i know nothing about me...
Let me add in the fact that 10% of brain cells are neurons. The other 90% are known as "glial cells". These cells act as support structures for neurons to attach and anchor themselves to. They also bring nutrients to the neurons so that they can transmit electricity. You use 100% of your brain, everyday. I dream of doing a Ted talk one day. Still so much to learn.
Actually, this widely held view has recently been overturned! While there are certainly small regions of the brain that have a high ratio of glial cells to neurons (I seem to recall the thalamus is around 17:1), most of the brain is much closer to 1:1, as demonstrated primarily by Suzana Herculano-Houzel (for a good review of this, see: www.frontiersin.org/human_neuroscience/10.3389/neuro.09.031.2009/abstract).
Well that's false
***** Water, empty space, and things we wouldn't normally measure aren't cells. Glial cells and neurons, however, are indeed cells.
thanks for your sources
That's a good bit of myth busting! Great video.
Hi
You've become a fairly big UA-camr in 7 years 👍
0:06 “We use 10% of our brain” is a myth.
4:04 “We use 1% to 16% of our brain at any given moment.”
That doesn’t sound like a myth to me. To me, that sounds like it’s the opposite of a myth.
That Lucy movie brought me here xD had to do some research.But just imagine we as humans using our brains to its full potential 100% of the time instead of sections that be pretty awesome
Professor Norman needs to watch this video...
we would be thinking about a lot of things at once, not on any one particular thing "more/better", i doubt it would feel comfortable
Actually, it would probably make it almost impossible to concentrate on anything.
Also, if our entire brain was active all the time, we would all be insomniacs and probably extremely depressed.
*****
The brain isn't designed to have all of its neurons firing at once. It wouldn't work well.
TED Ed was so amazing, they helped me very much in my life and more!
Ted talks,- the best videos ever posted on UA-cam, great subject matter, well presented, this kind of thing is what the Internet needs more of.
here goes the movie Limitless and Lucy. Also the TV series limitless.
No, Lucy is still possible. If you remember they said the whole brain is used, but not at it's highest strength. I don't think the statement "we only use %90 of our brains" is meant to apply to the physical area of the brain rather than its power. I am not saying I believe it either way, as I don't, but anything is possible..
+Shaun Regenbaum may be it will run like high speed car for 10 minutes. than nothing will work. You know computer processors they can do anything but can not dream to become something more then 100%.
we have to work more and think more to become some one better and beyond. We can add 10-20 more humans brains together (collaboration) to use our brain more 100% of single persons brain.
+Nafis Ahmad this is not related but let me just share my experience.
before Limitless I was a catholic.
After limitless i had the notion that i can be God because of the power of our brain
before Lucy, reality hits me and i became an atheist
and after lucy i was able to re-think possibilities and reality so now i am and probably will remain agnostic
+Nafis Ahmad Movies are not meant to be taken seriously.
+Shaka Boom I looooooovvvveeeee that movie
I love it when he says - 'Dont you realize its dumb to waste mental energy?!'
watching this video made all my neurons activate. i am typing this from a 5th dimension in the 2nd dimension of the 31st dimension of galaxy A2599b also i am using telekinesis and writing this while i sleep, which is me staying awake with my eyes closed because my body does not need sleep to function.
Lmao best comment
Lay off those NZT-48 pills.
Doodle-Bot Hi, alien or super brilliant something
best comment ever you have to be a stoner
type after your high wears off
It's amazing how our brains complexify or evolved over the decades and we still cant completely understand it's full power.
As interesting as that was it didn't so much debunk the myth but explain the reason for it and clarify that it is not that we use 10% and the other 90% does nothing but rather that at any one time our brain is functioning at 10% usage (approximately). Sounded more like you clarified the "myth" and explained it rather than debunking it.
It did seem that way a little. But he also explained the difference between conscious and unconscious use. Also, we use 100 percent of the brain, just not all at the same time. Different tasks require different regions of the brain. So we USE 100 percent of the brain. Just not all at once. It's just like you USE 100 percent of your house, but you can only be in one room of the house at a time.
It's being pointed out that we can't use 100% of our brain. Our body can't sustain it, because it would consume too much power and can only handle a small percentage at any given time. The Myth was that a huge portion was just not being used and had to be 'unlocked', like a room in house that doesn't get used. Yes we do use all of the brain. Just not all at once and I think the video explains that it is the most efficient way for the brain to work.
Well if you consider the cerebellum and medulla activities i believe that it is a little more than 10% at a time. I mean, even if you are walking on the sidewalk, talking to a cellphone you can still process image input from you eyes, feel the air temperature with your skin and feel your body balance while you walk. But of course that priority preemptiveness (as in computing) of your brain is still working enough so you can process a car horn sound and stop the other activities to pay attention to that because your brain 'understands' that it is a higher priority to not get run over by a car. [Feel free to discuss it, politely]
Rafael Oda
I think that is true we use all of our brain but not all of it in the same time.Who know what would world look like if we could use all of our brain potential all the time.
@@jadeprinces We'd probably see everything, hear everything, feel everything, remember everything in the space of a second...then in the next second realize it was a bad idea as our body shuts down from the exhaustion
Time to overclock our brains
Mako-kun CORE I9 OVERCLOCKIN OH YEAH
Did you mean: "Drugs and psychoactive substances"?
Yeah, going for new abilitie awesome !
Actually, the 10%-Thing is not quite a Myth.
Yes, its wrong IF phrased in some certain ways.
But its actually true if phrased differently.
I mean, yes, even a Sneeze activates all the parts of the brain,
but thats not what this 'Myth' ever meant, so it literally doesnt matter.
Its really just a Phrasing Problem,
as its obvious fact and also obvious that humans do not
use what they're capable of. I mean, it cant get more obvious.
So yeah, its a Phrasing Problem and a bit more complex
than saying 'Yeah, its just a Myth, duh'.
Great Video, very informative and interesting.
Fantastic job done by the animators, loved the graphics.
The best yt channel ever. Isn't it??
Wonderful science introduction even to a biology student! And wonderful animation presented.
What amazes me the most is the fact the brain found the perfect balance between computing power and energy efficiency without even thinking about it.
evolution
The only person using 10% of his brain was the guy who perpetuated the idea that we use 10% of our brain....
Maybe he meant at the same time and others misunderstood it, well i guess we'll never know.
Well if that's true he was actually right....
No ass hole we use all of our brains at the time
Actually, you don't.
Rafael Oda bill nye do we really use all of our brain video, asap science, danger dolan, THIS
give this guy 1 Millon dollars
He's not Trump
In all fairness, it's not a small loan.
The Pug Warrior m
Isaac Trapp a small loan of a million dollars ?
Ted Ed just makes everything which seems to very common and perhaps boring,very interesting. Love to listen to information. Love the animations. Love the voice.
I realized that we should choose what we are going to think
You shouldn't take this to mean the old myth was correct in anyway.
Your brain might flicker in order to save energy, but the while thing flickers.
That is very different than having a couple of bright spots and everything else is dark.
The old myth is partially right. The brain activity is between 1-16% at any moment in time. Collectively the parts of brain which are active changes over time and therefore the usage of the brain is 100% over many moments.
If you take a snapshot, but it is flickering like a lightbulb at high speed.
My point was that the old myth is not correct at all because it was measuring the wrong thing.
You don't get to be right just because the numbers look the same. You have to show your work!
Brian Kenneth Kondas
No the old myth is wrong. Saying we only use 10% of our brain is utterly ridiculous. We use part of it at a given time yes, but that is completely different than only being able to use 10%.
Build the wall！Make our brains great again！
TedEd: don’t multitask
Me: hold my piano
Thats more about muscle memory though
Teded: 10% of the brain is a myth
Also teded: brain uses 1-16% of it
At a time
@@kartick9 thanks, I didn't watch the video
@@todabsolute vodka allows brain to work at 100 capacity at a time
I'm usually at 1%, I must be elite.
Just leaving a comment here to really appreciate the content, the research and the narration.
THE CONCLUSION : We use 100 % of the brain, but not at the same time. It depends of the things we do
Wow people, pay attention.
We use our entire brains. The video said any part that wasn't used would be such a waste of energy that evolution would have eliminated it.
Thanks TED-ED. This was really informative.
I hope the director of LUCY checks this video :P
"ATP is the coal of the bodies furnace" I think it's more accurate to say that ATP is the fire, and glucose is what keeps the fire running.
The brain is not only a processor, it is also a memory device. It should be raphrased: 10% we can use for personal computation like decision making or control of the body, and 90% is for maintenance of your body ( like visuals, hearing, balance, sensations, memory, healing, and other involuntary functions keeping us alive). Simples.
All because of Lucy...had to come down here and research myself.
So fire (cooking) also had great influence on evolution of cranial capacity of ours
People who put the milk first before the cereal: 0%
4:49 when the non-motivational video gives you the best motivational speech. Love science
About doing one thing at a time(in the context of a man named Timothy's work as a pastor)
1 Timothy 4:15 AMPC
[15] Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody.
I think this wisdom can also be applied to us as well
So the short answer is that we only use ~10% of our brain AT ANY GIVEN TIME. Good to know. I still love the movie Matilda, even if it planted a false idea of how I use my brain when I was a kid.
Side Note and question:
Don't we _technically_ multitask all the time? There's a lot of unconscious processes going on in the body. And for conscious tasks, I can do some pretty not amazing stuff like chew gum and walk. Or walk and talk. Or listen to Welcome to Nightvale and work on a puzzle. Isn't that multitasking too? Or is my brain just switching from task A to B and back so quickly that I don't realize it? (And can you test for that with brain scans?)
We multitask all the time, but unconsciously. It would be pretty damn hard to remind yourself to take a breath or start a heart beat every second wouldnt it. And when you do a puzzle and listen to a song, most times you'd forget about one task at hand which you are focusing less on. Thats why while playing video games you realize hours later that the playlist was already over. Thats because it has gone unnoticed. And even though we use 10% of our brains, i don't really think using it all would make us a genius, it would probably only increase our attention and the ability to do math while we play while we talk to a person while we watch a movie. Oh wait. It might actually help. But wouldn't the load drive us crazy? :P
And yes you can test that with brain scans, different regions of our brains are associated to problem solving and listening. But just because we aren't paying attention doesnt mean it isnt a stimulus to out brain.
Yes this in the same understanding I have. The entire brain is being used at approximately 10% at any given time.
According to brain, the most intelligent thing in the universe is brain
As an Intellectual, I come to a solution and that is, we need more Glucose to pump into our head?
judging by the circumstances @1:30 since kids learn and remember things easily because their brain consumes more glucose to body ratio...
One of the best Ted -ed...loved it
This could have been a brilliant advertisement but Ted saved us
"Watched This Video"
*5 Minutes Later*
"Me trying to use all my Brain Neurons"
50% neurones are just wasted in understanding this video
What's the result?
I can multitask. I can walk, breath, see, hear, all at the same time. I could go on.
super beings 😂
Soo, Um, What percentage of our brain do we use?
Ah, Okay.
100% Otherwise, it means you are brain dead. It's just that we don't use 100% of that 100% to think, to recall memories, to learn, etc., instead most of that percentage is used to (subconsciously) control even the littlest of body functions such as blinking and the largest such as breathing. Whether you think about it or not (you can hold your breath, therefore you can control your breathing) you don't have to think about it every time you inhale and exhale, your brain is already doing that for you.
I just made this comment because ted-ed usually makes videos with questions as their titles but never tells us the answer, Anyway. Thanks for the effort. :)
Freakz Yes, this is definitely one of those where they don't actually answer the title question.
+DQBO False. The video at around 4:10 plus or minus a couple of seconds, says that for maximum efficiency, we use about 1-16% at any given moment.
Each design has a designer, and designer of our brain is smart and good orientation as well
How come 60% in 50% for kids and newborns but not the same for adults??
thank you for this lesson, now we can all let our teachers know the truth :)
4:10 - "... between 1% and 16% of cells should be active at any given moment."
What I gathered from this video is that the myth is true that we do only use about 10% of our brain (in a single instance). The misunderstanding lies in people thinking that it's beneficial or even possible for more cells than that to fire simultaneously.
Correct me if I'm mistaken?
+The Flood Plain That's what I got.
I thought the same exact thing except for one problem the myth is we only use 10% he said 1-16% is active, so I guess its not completely the same
You are not mistaken.
We use the other parts too not only that 1-16% but its not simultaneously active at the same time but we use every part.
It's bald of you to assume that I use 10%
I use -2.137%
bald
bald
I would say that was intended but then again...
2:00
Ted Ed guy: the dense packing of neurons is what makes us so smart
Me: *watching my sister pull a door that says push* yeah okay
Why this Video ended?
What I understood is that Energy Management requires brain to use only specific parts at a time (though it indeed uses the entire brain over a long span of time). So, the limiting factor is energy. But what if we remove this limiting factor? What would happen if we supply infinite energy to the brain? Can we force it into using all of its part together? if yes, then what would be the result of it?
Different areas of the brain are specialised for different tasks. The reason we only use a small proportion of our brain at any given time, is that it is not necessary for areas unrelated to the task to be being used. For example, there's no point in a part of your brain specialised in making cupcakes being active, when you are taking a maths test.
My point is, what if we start to use the entire brain simultaneously? It won't affect the current task, and it will have other benefits.
***** The brain has different regions for different tasks. There are different specific regions for motor actions, for senses, for involuntary actions and so on. Using 100% brain should not mean using entire brain in one task. What I was thinking that 100% of brain use would make us much much better in multi-tasking, as we would be able to stimulate multiple regions together hence could focus on many things.
An interesting question, Manesh. But how do you propose to "apply infinite energy to the brain?" Relatively speaking, electroshock, lightning strikes, and the electric chair deliver infinite energy to the brain and destroy it. Even electrode implants first Parkinson's disease or seizure management disrupt intrinsic energy circuits; these external sources do not add energy to the nervous system.
How, then, might you imagine overcoming the intrinsic power limitations, as well as a thermodynamic limits?
Much research already shows that multitasking degrades performance, especially in those who believe themselves to be excellent at it. So, how do you get past this empirical finding as well as "force" multiple regions to work simultaneously? They already do, except not all at once which is the point of the brain's energy efficiency.
Your idea has merit, and I'd like to hear how you propose implementing it in a practical way.
***** First of all, I would like to let you know that Human Brain is far more superior than any computer in multitasking, computers are better in doing repetitive taks. Anyway, coming back to the main question. Human brain suffer from lack of attention. We cant focus on the everything we see, we cant keep in mind everything we hear, we smell many things but we cant identify them till we actually set our attention to it, we even seize to breathe when watching something very exciting/interesting (it might be possible that it happens to me only, but "breathtaking" is a common word). Now, if we are using the entire brain simultaneously i.e. 100% brain usage, would this overcome these limitations? Would we be able to do deep thinking (analytical part of brain), swim (motor action control center) and as well as memorize what is being played on the radio?
I always thought 10% is meant by how little potential of our brain we actually use and not that we phisically use only 10%.
Thats what I used to think. We use 100% of our brain at 10% potential. My brain understood what you meant lol.
Now do a video about why some people fail in math, is there something wrong with their brain? I want scientific explanation!
Everyone fails in math at some point
Engaging and eloquently delivered; akin to a book that was both engaging and eloquently written. "Unlocking the Brain's Full Potential" by Alexander Sterling
I like the inspirational message at the end!
Did anyone else's brain switched to power saving mode when he got into some details about complex things?
this video got me motivated
***** so u gonna kill more titans now ?
"No scientific research is available to accurately measure how
much of our brain we actually use. However, most psychologists and
learning specialists believe that we all have far more mental ability than
we actually tap."
Ted ed: Your brain is already smart
Me during examinations: I highly doubt it
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Reading through the comments section:
*Yer, I don't think many of these people are capable of using 2%*
The 10% is not a myth. It's a fact, I know few that uses 10% or less when situation demands. I call them friends 😂😂
True 🤣
Whenever I watch these videos I always imagine my brain lighting up lol
We use the whole brain _in parts for different purposes_ - it would be an insane waste of energy to use the entire brain at maximum power for every single activity, and this would also contradict the fact that different parts of the brain are used for different purposes. For example, your auditory cortex will not fire up nearly as much as the cerebellum when you try to balance on a tightrope.
The sad thing is, the people who need to watch this probably never will
Interesting, but false. Not in the sense that anything he said was inherently incorrect, but misleading it was.
One of Billy Milligan's personalities could deliberately release adrenaline in his system, for example. Some Buddhist monks can spend days in meditation, which I remind you is a different mental state, with different brainwaves. Some sadhu can breath water without choking (I'm not saying this is good for them, but they can if they want) and some yogi can spend years with a raised arm. Kim Peek can read two pages of a book in five seconds, one page with the left eye and one with the right one, and he has memorized 12000 books. Stephen Wiltshire can see a whole city once and redraw it perfectly. Daniel Tammet taught himself Icelandic in one week on a dare, and was then interviewed on his _other_ excellent abilities in this language.
People with eidetic memory remember everything they give attention to. People with the absolute pitch have the ability to identify the exact frequency of a note just by listening to it.
We could be using 100% of our _neurons_, but don't you come and tell me we use all of our brain potential.
Because someone has a special ability or a talent does not mean they are somehow accessing a different part of the brain? Our brain is made up of sections dedicated to different areas of life therefore Kim peeks brain happens to have a better recollection capacity than ours, does not mean that cannot be trained or it must be some innate intelligence hiding in our brain
jon carna Actually, that is _exactly_ what it means. Giving that there are some brain skills that we don't use, the implication is that we use less than 100% of our brain _potential_. We don't need to use 100% of our brain _tissue_ to get more out of it than we do now.
So, while the video was factually correct, it was misleading, because we do use less that 100% of what our brain can do. Maybe not 10%, but that's another matter.
Batrax you should learn uncertainties sunny...
Hey brains! Just finished sending the signal to use my fingers to type this! How are your meat suits?
perfectly fine!! how are yours?
@@harshsameer9440 great!
So do people on a raw food diet become dumber?
Only over million of years of evolution IF there was still survival-of-the-fittest/smartest evolution, which clearly is not the case as the hungry/stupid/poor gets the most children.
This question is not answered in this video.
Jacob Kofoed
Well said :) I have similar mentality (that evolution has kind of stopped for us) and have rarely seen a similar-thinking person so far
Based on the video, no, raw food just gives less energy, meaning you just need more of it to equal the energy received from the cooked food.
omegadan
Right, so you have to eat more raw food than cooked, but there is a limit to how much you can eat, thus a person on a raw food diet might be too full to get as much nutrition as someone eating cooked food.
The only ad I completed in my whole YT life
I was burning smoke out my nose when people said,"You only use a small percentage of your brain. "
2:55 34 quintillion ATP atoms*
soo where's the part that gives you super powers ??
In holly wood along with the part of future wear flip phones come back (star trek)
So the real way to bring down that body fat is to hit the books or just exercise your brain!
They even made a movie about using 10% of our brain and people LOVE that movie: LUCY
I never believed this cuz I was never told.
I only heard it from movie ads of "Lucy"
Who here wachted Lucy?
🙋♂️