When talking about human organs it doesn’t get much more complex then the brain. The brain is a mechanism humans use to read, write, process information, express emotions, and retaining memories. There’s no question that the brain is an extremely powerful and intricate organ but how much of the brain do we actually use?
Im sure at one point or another everyone has heard the myth that humans only have access and control of up to 10 percent of their brains. Keeping this in mind I always wondered what would happen if a Human gained access to the other 90 percent of their brain. Would they be able to read minds? Could they suddenly have the power of telekinesis, or would their IQ break world records? Unfortunately this myth couldn’t more wrong. So whose to blame for this 10 percent myth that got so many average peoples hopes up. William James was an american psychologist who published a book called the ” The Energies Of Men.” In this book he stated without any scientific proof that humans are only tapping into a very small part of the brains mental and physical resources. This claim is what eventually started the 10 percent myth.
Dr. Barry Gordon a professor of neurology at the School of Medicine and professor of cognitive science at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences had this to say.
“It turns out though, that we use virtually every part of the brain, and that [most of] the brain is active almost all the time,” Gordon adds. “Let’s put it this way: the brain represents three percent of the body’s weight and uses 20 percent of the body’s energy.”
Coming to the realization that humans in fact use all of the brains resources I began to wonder what would happen to someone who’s experience sudden brain injury. If were using all of the power are brain has to offer, would someone who experienced head trauma have a less powerful or fully functioning brain? In short the answer to this question is no.
When the brain experiences injury or trauma, it has a remarkable way compensating and making sure that whatever’s left in the brain takes over fully. I find this very interesting because even when injured, the brain doesn’t let the human body down and continues to function as if everything was fine.
Before researching this topic I was very excited to learn about all the mysteries and untapped landscape inside of the human brain. As it turns out, we are constantly using our brain to the max capacity every day. While this means there will never be a drug that comes out to help access more of the brain, or there will never be a superhuman who somehow found out the secret to unlocking the rest of the brain, I do feel a sense of relief knowing that our brains are constantly working 100 percent just for us. 
This post was done very well. To be honest, for an extended period amount of time, I truthfully believed the rumor that humans use just ten percent of their brain…in fact, I didn’t even know it was a rumor. I always figured it was a generally accepted statement, a genuine truth. So, needless to say, this post was ultimately very enlightening to me and my knowledge of…my knowledge and my own mind. However, it also opened the doors to a variety of other questions about the human brain.
As a first, if we use 100% of our brain…how do we forget information we remember? If we use absolutely every facet of our mind, where does that information temporarily disappear to? I would figure, that in utilizing every part of our brain with absolutely 100% of it functioning…shouldn’t the area where that information subsides be active also? And if it’s active, why can’t we access it? Even as I write about this question, I wonder about it more and more.. If I was truthfully using 100% of my brain, why can’t I remember the times when I’ve been told how this works before? Obviously I’m forgetting things, and obviously with some work I could remember later. So where is that memory now? Some more information on how we forget information, then remember it again later on, can be found here
Furthermore, our brain is said to be more powerful than some of the greatest super computers. Unless this too is another rumor that needs dispelled, shouldn’t we all be more intelligent than some of those super computers? After all, we are supposedly using 100% of our brain, so why aren’t we employing 100% of our brain. I suppose that question sums up all the others- If we’re using 100% of our brains constantly (whether conscious or subconscious) why don’t all of us seem to be employing it? Some more research to the topic can be found here</a.