Brain myths that won't die
In today's society, we have many thoughts and conception on what we think to be true and what in fact is real. We call these things myths. Myths are misrepresentations of the truth. A few myths in today about the Brain are that the left and the right side do different things,your memory is exactly what you see and experience, you only use 10 percent of your brain, alcohol kills brain cells,the internet makes you dumb,listening to classical music makes your baby smart,brain games make you smart,your IQ can not change, and your brain works well under pressure. These myths were broken down and the truth was told the actual real that specify many society's rather not hear. The left side and the right side of your brain they are in fact not different you can be organized and creative because we use both sides of …show more content…
When a study was done of non drinkers and drinkers bodies they found no differences in there brains.
The myth of the internet making us dumber is defiantly not true when in fact it is saving us room in our brain to store more memory because we can member the tittle of an article we read and type it into google instead of having to remember small details of a whole article. The internet is making it easier for us to process data. This is called relying on transactive memory.
The myth on classical music making babies smarter is simply not true while it does increase cognitive skills. This myth is very hard to shake because people think classical music helps the brain. Another myth is brain games make you smarter why in fact they do not they had a study that let many people play brain games 3 times a week and compared to people who just had internet and some people scored better who had only the internet verses the brain
In today's society, we have many thoughts and conception on what we think to be true and what in fact is real. We call these things myths. Myths are misrepresentations of the truth. A few myths in today about the Brain are that the left and the right side do different things,your memory is exactly what you see and experience, you only use 10 percent of your brain, alcohol kills brain cells,the internet makes you dumb,listening to classical music makes your baby smart,brain games make you smart,your IQ can not change, and your brain works well under pressure. These myths were broken down and the truth was told the actual real that specify many society's rather not hear. The left side and the right side of your brain they are in fact not different you can be organized and creative because we use both sides of …show more content…
When a study was done of non drinkers and drinkers bodies they found no differences in there brains.
The myth of the internet making us dumber is defiantly not true when in fact it is saving us room in our brain to store more memory because we can member the tittle of an article we read and type it into google instead of having to remember small details of a whole article. The internet is making it easier for us to process data. This is called relying on transactive memory.
The myth on classical music making babies smarter is simply not true while it does increase cognitive skills. This myth is very hard to shake because people think classical music helps the brain. Another myth is brain games make you smarter why in fact they do not they had a study that let many people play brain games 3 times a week and compared to people who just had internet and some people scored better who had only the internet verses the brain