Debunked Brain Myths

By night I am a blogger,

but by day I'm something completely different.

I am a behavioral neuroscientist.

This means that basically I research how the brain interacts with our environment, and how our environment may impact our brain and behavior.

Today I wanted to debunk some rather popular myths about our brains. Pop culture influences a lot about what we know, or what we think we know, about our brains.
For example:
“We only use 10% of our brains!” or “I’m very artistic, so I am right-brained.  What are you?”
Many times these “facts” are not based on scientific evidence.
Today let’s debunk 7 common myths about the brain: