what if humans used 100% of their brains
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you've probably heard this before that
humans can only access 10% of their
brain while the rest of our cognitive
capacity goes untapped it's a much
peddled myth with many different origins
but the general idea seems to stem from
a mistaken belief that 90% of the
cerebral organ consists of glial cells
which merely serve to link neurons
however as neurologists have gradually
gained a deeper understanding of the
brain's properties most of debunk this
idea as nothing more than a tall tale
regurgitated by popular media outings
like Lucy and limitless in reality over
the course of a day humans actually can
utilize 100 percent of their brain but
we rarely access all of its capacities
simultaneously the brain is a powerful
beast that consumes more energy than
anything else in the body therefore
efficiency is crucial to prevent
exhaustion or burnouts
in order to avoid wasting resources the
brain prioritizes certain regions that
tend to be accessed more regularly by
the user altogether it's an expensive
interconnected Network packed with
hundreds of possible connections
allowing for a wide range of behaviors
but as humans form routines the brain
starts prioritizing specific
neurological pathways to increase
productivity while other regions have
worked more sporadically while this
method preserves energy while performing
everyday tasks over reliance leads to
decreased flexibility and the formation
of habits good or bad habits can be
difficult and annoying to break but the
brain isn't ever adaptable to all that
with a bit of effort can effectively
learn a new trick or two however even if
the 10% myth is false the general idea
that humans aren't living up to their
full potential holds true
neuroplasticity is a popular buzzword
within brain research circles
it describes the brain's ability to
rewire itself and form new neural
connections allowing us to learn new
from an evolutionary standpoint this
helps the brain to compensate for any
region that might have lost
functionality due to an illness or
injury this process doesn't appear
automatically though and requires the
neurons to be repeatedly stimulated by
performing activities which in turn
enable new pathways to be strengthened
so stimulating a wider range of
connections by trying new things or
repeating established skills can improve
your neuroplasticity resulting in faster
learning and heightened flexibility
practice makes perfect
is more than just an old wives tale as
repeated performance correlates with a
higher neurological connectivity for
example a professional guitarist blends
new riffs quicker than an amateur due to
their brain dedicating far larger
sections to hand movements than an
average persons but if cycling through
the same patterns is what's most
practical what would even be the point
in employing 100% of the brain well
while there's no super drug capable of
unlocking someone's latent potential
using all of the brains regions should
lead to a vastly improved lifestyle the
brain is split into the left and right
hemispheres which exhibit asymmetrical
control over the body while writing a
right-handed student would use the left
side of their brain and vice versa
recent studies show that a person's
preferred hand has more to do with their
spine than any neurological developments
but body coordination can be enhanced by
carrying out exercises that require the
brain to switch between hemispheres and
said the brains divide accounts for far
more differences and simply movement the
right-sided hemisphere is linked with
creativity intuition and holistic
thought while the left side deals with
logic reasoning and scientific skill as
a statistician and an artist prioritize
their left and right hemispheres
respectively that side of their brain
could establish dominance but even a
mathematicians creative hemispheres will
never be completely out of commission
people just prefer to use a well-oiled
machine ovary less
alternative so they tend to stick to
what they know the brain functions in
waves and depending on the situation one
hemisphere will take charge and approach
a task with a distinct attitude if the
right side wins out the person will opt
for a more holistic viewpoints and focus
on the whole rather than the individual
parts alternatively a left-sided
analytical approach attempts to
comprehend the whole by closely
examining the separate ingredients or
smaller details the two hemispheres do
work in tandem but the quicker a brain
can shift between analytical and
holistic thinking the more complex
creative and probably effective they
think it would be in truth the last
thing anyone should want is for the
brain to literally fire 100% of its
neurons at the same time as over
stimulation would likely cause a seizure
if you're striving to truly unlock your
full cognitive potential and some
experts reckoned that brain sync is the
name of the game most situations involve
a logical and emotional elements but
humans tend to focus on one above the
other when both hemispheres stand on
equal footing a whole new world of
thinking becomes feasible one that
perceives an entire picture without
neglecting any specific components with
both halves complementing each other
humans should see an increase in
self-awareness and active behavior
allowing for habits to be broken and
alternative neural patterns to be forged
in short it should be easier to learn
stuff it is generally accepted that
creativity and innovation peak during
our youth primarily because children
like the fear or knowledge that a gold
might be illogical or impossible a child
still developing brain soaks up
information at an incredible rate but in
the late 19th century psychologist
William James theorized that by the age
of 30 a person's character is set like
plaster and will never soften again
sadly later research lowered the cutoff
point to 25 stressing the change becomes
harder once stubborn patterns are firmly
established however a well-balanced
brain and locked super learning allowing
for alien concepts to be picked up
a quick erase and problems to be
analyzed from a wider range of
perspectives my definition innovation
requires fresh connections to be formed
between neurons but that is only
probable when a human is tapping into
100% of their network another benefit of
an instinct brain is a reduction in
anxiety and fear in and of itself stress
is not inherently bad and acts as a
notification that danger is or could be
brewing but when a situation arises that
seems to offer no way outs stress gives
way to anxiety an emotion that can be
crippling however heightened awareness
due to brain sync would open up more
potential avenues that can be mined for
solutions which should reduce fear which
correlates negatively with our
understanding of the world around us
therefore a person efficiently using
100% of their brain should be calmer and
more relaxed with some exceptions most
humans have an underdeveloped right side
of their brain the one less likely to
change as people age and that's largely
because most jumps reward structure over
creativity but there are countless
exercises designed specifically to
reawaken the right hemisphere if you're
interested in painting or writing short
stories dedicate just a couple of
minutes every day to practice and
overtime creative thoughts and ideas
will start to flow more freely
eventually you should notice that your
thought processes are more flexible and
varied even in everyday situations as
you explore more and more of your
brain's potential so although there
aren't any special cheat codes or drugs
that instantly activate 100 percent of
your brain as birth of movies and the
hypothetical benefits would be far less
cartoonish than suggested by certain
films we needn't feel as though we're
wasting brain power that's irretrievably
locked away from us because a
well-balanced brain is very achievable
if you're prepared to routinely break
away from routine by regularly mixing up
and challenging yourself you blow the
dust out of even the creepiest of
cognitive corners and the rewards of a
well-balanced brain are definitely with
the efforts