/sci/ - Science & Math

if we only used 10% of the brain then it would be possible to remove the unused part without any adverse side effects. this is absurd, nothing more than old myth. remove a part of your brain the size of your thumb in your frontal lobe and your entire personality will transform, same size removed of your pituitary and you will no longer produce hormones such as melatonin for sleep, or antidiuretic hormone for water retention.

>>4983972
The correct terminology is unconscious, which includes everything you are not conscious about

back to OP,
I believe this myth came about by observing the most electrically active area of the brain which are on the surface, this is why the brain's surface has wrinkles to increase surface area because electricity can flow easier (less resistance) there.
also a large portion of the brain is dedicated to constantly supply the brain with glucose, while this might not be conventionally seen as being used, its vital for the brain as a whole to function

holy shit, this thread is still here? sup guys

>>4968737
fucking saved, i lol'd

>>4968847
already been to a psych, who has told me in no uncertain terms i have PTSD. I don't have much time before term starts again though, and cognitive therapy and medication (gabapentanol i think?) are expensive in a time when my family is supporting me going to school, so i'll just have to rough it and figure it out

>>4968649
i see what you mean, if it wasn't someone who has an academic interest in these sorts of things i imagine it could be quite terrifying

>>4968847
i have noticed some weird bits of cognitive decline, for instance driving (which i only do in the summers) is slightly more effort, and things have a bit more of a... dreamy cast to them, hard to explain. I think that whatever psychological trauma i received just exacerbated some underlying mental problems, but shit happens.

thanks again /sci/, you guys are rad

pic is easily the coolest image i've ever seen of my own face