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Biology 103
2000 First Web Report
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Biology 103
2002 First Paper
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Biology 103
2000 First Web Report
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Biology 202
2004 First Web Paper
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Biology 103
2000 Second Web Report
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Biology 103
2000 Third Web Report
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Biology 202
2000 First Web Report
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Do Humans Use 100% of Their Brains?

PaShawnda Briley

Where did the persistent statement that humans use 10% of their brains originate and is it valid? It was first coined by William James, a philosopher and psychologist. Some professionals have even stated even lower percentages, like Margaret Mead saying that we use 6% of our brains (3). If this statement is true, it implies that humans could behave very differently and perhaps with greater thought and purpose. If the statement is a fallacy, it supports the brain equals behavior theory, such that the brain is not harboring unused capacities and behaviors.

Women, Sport, and Film - 2002
Student Papers
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Biology 202
2000 First Web Report
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Knowing the Body
2004 Second Web Report
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Abortion and Women's Rights: Unification of Pro-Life and Pro-Choice through Feminism

Claire Pomeroy