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Samantha Brooks, Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Liverpool John Moores University

HISTORICAL FACTS: How your conscious and unconscious mind interact | History Defined

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Have you ever heard the phrase “you only use 10% of your brain”? In reality, there is no way of measuring the percentage terms of consciousness – partly because the brain has no static baseline.

However, there is a general consensus among neuroscientists now that most of the brain’s processes are unconscious. That doesn’t mean you’re not using most of your brain though – it means there’s much more happening than you’re probably aware of.

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