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  2. Ten-percent-of-the-brain myth - Wikipedia

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    The concept gained currency by circulating within the self-help movement of the 1920s; for example, the book Mind Myths: Exploring Popular Assumptions About the Mind and Brain includes a chapter on the 10% myth that shows a self-help advertisement from the 1929 World Almanac with the line "There is NO LIMIT to what the human brain can ...

  3. Are movies to blame for the false 10 percent brain theory? - AOL

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    No one knows exactly where this popular "10 percent" myth originated, but a professor of clinical neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge told the Belfast Telegraph the 10 percent figure ...

  4. The myth is believed to have originated from Jay Giedd's work on the adolescent brain funded by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, [480] though it has also been popularized by Laurence Steinberg in his work with adolescent criminal reform who has considered ages 10–25 to constitute cognitive adolescence, despite denying any ...

  5. Barry Beyerstein - Wikipedia

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    Barry L Beyerstein (May 19, 1947 – June 25, 2007) was a scientific skeptic and professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.Beyerstein's research explored brain mechanisms of perception and consciousness, the effects of drugs on the brain and mind, sense of smell and its lesser-known contributions to human cognition and emotion.

  6. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The myth is believed to have originated from Jay Giedd's work on the adolescent brain funded by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, though it has also been popularized by Laurence Steinberg in his work with adolescent criminal reform who has considered ages 10–25 to constitute cognitive adolescence, despite denying any connection ...

  7. Ten Percent (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Ten percent of the brain myth, a myth that humans use only 10% of their brains; Queer & Trans Alliance, originally named the Ten Percent Society after the belief that 10% of the human population is gay

  8. Human Potential Movement - Wikipedia

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    Esalen Institute. The HPM has much in common with humanistic psychology in that Abraham Maslow's theory of self-actualization strongly influenced its development. The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential, founded in 1955 by Glenn Doman and Carl Delacato, was an early precursor to and influence on the Human Potential Movement, as is exemplified in Doman's assertion that "Every ...

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