What percentage of our brain do we actually use?
On this week\u2019s episode of More or Less we interrogate a widely circulated myth relating to how much of our brain power we can access and engage. Ever heard someone say, \u201cYou know we can only use 10% of our brains, right?\u201d. Well, they\u2019re wrong. It\u2019s the stuff of make believe and far-fetched movie plots. Science and evidence based research tells us so - and has, it turns out, been telling us so for decades\u2026politely, if impatiently. So, then, if not 10%\u2026what percentage of our brain do we actually use? From dark matter neurons to super-highway synapse and ghost cells that serve as inert echoes of our evolutionary past - with the help of two leading experts in the field, we crack open the figurative cranium of this debate and rummage around for the definitive truth.
Presenter: Paul Connolly \nProducers: Jon Bithrey, Natasha Fernandes \nEditor: Richard Vadon \nSound Engineer: Rod Farquhar
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