What percentage of your brain do you use? - Richard E. Cytowic
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Two thirds of the population believes a myth that has been propagated for over a century: that we use only 10% of our brains. Hardly! Our neuron-dense brains have evolved to use the least amount of energy while carrying the most information possible -- a feat that requires the entire brain. Richard E. Cytowic debunks this neurological myth (and explains why we aren’t so good at multitasking).
Dolphins, whales, and elephants have much larger brains than we do. They are also documented to have complex societies. Elephants even seem to mourn their dead, implying that we are not alone in being able to sense other minds and infer their states. What would it take to understand the mind of another species?
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- Educator Richard E. Cytowic
- Director Hector Herrera
- Producer Pazit Cahlon
- Narrator Addison Anderson
