Now-a-days, almost everyone talks about an issue and that is which part of our brain is more developed- left or right? You will find thousands of articles on this topic, and at some point, you will start believing that you are either left or right brained. The fact is, our whole brain needs development for our activities. And in some cases, people with half brain can function like people with whole brain.
Here is a list of 7 brain facts we believe, but aren’t true.
#1 The larger the brain, the better
We know that humans are the most intelligent creature on Earth. But if the weight of the brain matters then Elephant and Whale are the most intelligent creatures. Actually, brain size doesn’t matter. The main secret of our intellect is the complex structure of the brain and here we just have no equal. Neuroscience specialist Gerard Edelman once called the human brain “the most complex object in the universe.” One of your brain cortexes contains from 19 to 23 billion neurons, each of which may be connected to their neighbors by tens of thousands of different ways.
#2 Different people have one of the hemispheres of the brain more developed
This popular myth has arisen in 1970, when a very famous neurologist Roger Sperry in one of his articles reported the detection of cognitive differences between the brain hemispheres. There are certain tasks that make one of the two hemispheres of the brain to work more actively than others. However, everything that you do, affects both hemispheres at the same time. And there is no evidence that the right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for creativity, and the left – for the analytical mind. People, who remove their one part of brain because of disease, can function like people with full brain.
#3 We use only 10% of our brain
If so, where is it located and which part are you using? The truth is that if you want to eat, sleep, think and feel, you need a brain. Modern imaging technology can capture the work of the whole brain. These photos put an end to the popular myth once and for all. We can’t only use 10% of our brain, we must use the whole of it.
#4 Ageing means deterioration of mental activity
It’s not as easy as it seems. Some abilities really weaken with age such as, short-term memory and attention. But at the same time some mental skills still improve. Elderly people are emotional that being analytical. They usually have more emotional or social nature than analytical. Perhaps this is why many studies have overlooked, because most scientists are interested to concentrate on specific tasks, rather than practical mental faculties. Studies, for example, have shown that older people have a greater vocabulary and better use it than younger. Old people are also more satisfied with their lives and have a more harmonious relationship. Scientists sometimes call it “cognitive pattern “, but all the other people are accustomed to call it “wisdom.”
#5 Classical music helps develop
By forcing your child to listen to the symphony, you do not do anything to increase his IQ. A research, conducted in 1993, showed that listening to Mozart’s music is beneficial to only one factor of mental activity – special thinking. And it needs only 15 minutes. Moreover, a review of 40 scientific papers on the subject, which was made in 2010, was unable to confirm the positive influence of the classical music. Moreover, studies have shown that young children, who watch television, often learn a fewer words. Classical music – it’s not the broccoli and it can’t be fed to the benefit of anyone.
#6 Men are better at math
And women are better in the dish-washing. This may be true, because of the pattern of our society. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin carefully analyzed the results of a huge number of ” pure” mathematical tests from 83 countries and found that the average score for boys and girls is absolutely identical. Even in a country like the US, where gender stereotypes have recently been very strong, the gap has been steadily decreasing.
#7 Nerve cells do not regenerate
Many believe that the brain, which they have at the moment, was always with them, and be up to their death. This is not true. The human brain is surprisingly malleable and can adapt to any situation. People, who have lost their vision, find that their hearing skill is extraordinarily intensified, as their brains are now paying a lot more energy processing audio information. Our brain is in this respect quite similar to a computer. Moreover, the cells of the brain are not a finite resource. In other parts of our body, cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones. For a long time, scientists believed that the brain doesn’t follow this rule, and that the damaged cells do not regenerate. But now, we do know that it is not. Brain can also rejuvenate cells.
Start using your brain to analyze above facts and you will be able to catch the differences between “scientific facts” and “myth.”