Using More Than 10 Percent of Our Brain

The infographic is divided into four sections. The first section reads, Electrically probing an association area leads to no observable response. The illustration below the text shows a human brain being probed and monitored. The second section reads: This vast association area silence has led to the false claims that we really use only 10 percent of our brain – one of the hardiest weeds in the garden of psychology. (1. McBurney, 1996, p. 44) The third section reads, Is there really a 90 percent chance that a bullet to your brain would land in an unused area? The illustration besides the text shows a bullet shot to a brain. The answer is no. The fourth section reads, Brain-damaged animals and humans bear witness: Association areas interpret, integrate, and act on sensory information and link it with stored memories. More intelligent animals have larger association areas. The corresponding illustration shows the motor areas, association areas, and somatosensory areas in the brains of a rat, a cat, a chimpanzee, and a human.