Brain myths VS. the truth!

[.HellzPori.]

i just came across this article while doing my project on the teenage brain. according to it, a lot of the info that the general public knows about the brain is wrong ... myth basically.

so, here are 5 myths and 5 truths! quite interesting i must say!

1. MYTH: We use only 10% of our brains.
TRUTH: Brain-imaging scans show that we use most of our brain most of the time.

2. MYTH: Personality depends on which side of the brain is dominant. Creatives were thought to be right-brain dominant and logical thinkers left-brain dominant.
TRUTH: Now scans show that the two brain hemispheres work together.

3. MYTH: Men are more intelligent than women. On average, men have larger brains than women.
TRUTH: There is very little relationship between brain size and intelligence.

4. MYTH: Memory operates like a muscle, and can be strengthened like one.
TRUTH: Memory is not a muscle, but works by strengthening particular connections in the brain.

5. MYTH: Once we are adults, our brains do not change.
TRUTH: Stimulation through learning increases blood flow to the neurons and boosts brain efficiency throughout life.


Title: Hit or Myth? Five brain discoveries and five brain myths
Source: Sunday Times, The; 01/07/2007
Database: Canadian Reference Centre

[Chocolate]

very intresting pori..I knew a few of them though..
nice share..

[batman]

nice share

[dark_saint]

lol..........very psychological .........nice info

[habijabi]

sobai shudhu etai bole na je 10% brain use kore.......tar sathe etao bole Einstine (banan janina ) naki maximum 25% use korte parsilo and Newton somewhere in between....... like 15%