Press Play with Madeleine Brand

You Use More of Your Brain Than You Think

The movie “Lucy” comes out this weekend. It’s all about what can happen when Scarlett Johansson uses 100 percent of her brain’s capacity. Except the whole premise of the movie -- that old idea that we only use ten percent of our brain -- is actually a complete and total myth.

By Madeleine Brand • Jul 22, 2014 • 1 min read

The movie “Lucy” comes out this weekend. It’s all about what can happen when Scarlett Johansson uses 100 percent of her brain’s capacity. Except the whole premise of the movie -- that old idea that we only use ten percent of our brain -- is actually a complete and total myth.

Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Samuel McDougle
Doctoral candidate in psychology and neuroscience at Princeton

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

You Use More of Your Brain Than You Think

The movie “Lucy” comes out this weekend. It’s all about what can happen when Scarlett Johansson uses 100 percent of her brain’s capacity. Except the whole premise of the movie -- that old idea that we only use ten percent of our brain -- is actually a complete and total myth.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

You Use More of Your Brain Than You Think

The movie “Lucy” comes out this weekend. It’s all about what can happen when Scarlett Johansson uses 100 percent of her brain’s capacity. Except the whole premise of the movie -- that old idea that we only use ten percent of our brain -- is actually a complete and total myth.

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