Three Myths About the Brain (The New York Times):
“Myths about the brain typically arise in this fashion: An intriguing experimental result generates a plausible if speculative interpretation…that is later overextended or distorted (we use only 10% of our brain). The caricature ultimately infiltrates pop culture and takes on a life of its own, quite independent from the facts that spawned it…
Another such myth is the idea that the left and right hemispheres of the brain are fundamentally different…”
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