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title: "Top Ten Myths About the Brain"  
description: "Repeated in pop culture for a century, the notion that humans only use 10 percent of our brains is false."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-07  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1245/top-ten-myths-about-the-brain  
category: "science"  
tags: ["Human brain", "Brain", "barin Facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Top Ten Myths About the Brain

![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/1873c51c-b21d-492c-ba5e-28c5b4576cc1.jpeg) ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/158c11f5-4155-452b-94e1-eb25caf02884.jpeg) We use only 10 percent of our brains. ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/cfb4e246-430f-4d9e-9484-4e3dcce70e50.jpeg) “Flashbulb memories” are precise, detailed and persistent ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/3bc6fe28-fd88-47f7-aa82-5227e94226b1.jpeg) It’s all downhill after 40 (or 50 or 60 or 70). ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/bc90ff29-740c-4ca2-8031-78ddde90badf.jpeg) We have five senses. ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/22acbd1a-973e-4da7-868a-ae2aacb7661e.jpeg) The brain is hard-wired. ![Top Ten Myths About the Brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0a37b353-14e2-4061-bf78-4fceaf29f819/images/0aef9b94-818b-42e2-87d0-d1d1e0658580.jpeg) Brains are like computers.

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