Evidence AGAINST the 10 Percent Myth (We Only Use 10

question 146

Multiple Choice

Evidence AGAINST the 10 percent myth (we only use 10 percent of our brains) comes from

• A)courses to improve our brain power that are generally successful.
• B)the effectiveness of self-help books to increase mental capacity.
• C)neuroimaging studies,which fail to find any consistently silent areas.
• D)psychics who are able to perform extraordinary feats of mental powers.

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Definitions:

Intentional Learning

Placing new information into memory in anticipation of being tested on it later.

Procedural Learning

Procedural learning is the acquisition of skills and habits through practice, typically without conscious recollection of the learning process.

Recall

A type of retrieval that requires you to produce an item from memory in response to a cue or question.

Junior Prom

A formal dance held for high school juniors, significant in American culture as a rite of passage for teenagers.