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Humans only use 10 percent of their brains
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REFUTED
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Scientific evidence, neuroscience, and fact-checkers overwhelmingly confirm that the idea that humans only use 10 percent of their brains is a widely held myth.

Evidence against · 5
Snopes: Do We Only Use 10% of our Brains?
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Fact-checker ruling: False
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Wikipedia: Ten-percent-of-the-brain myth
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Wikipedia: Dunbar's number
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Book: Urban Myths about Learning and Education
2015 · cited by 0
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Book: Psychology Around Us, with eBook Access Code
2026 · cited by 0
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first checked28 Jul 2026
judged → REFUTED · 028 Jul 2026
recheck_disputes_verdict08 Aug 2026
held for human review08 Aug 2026
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