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Sam McDougle
Sam McDougle is a doctoral candidate in psychology and neuroscience at Princeton, where he studies the human motor system.
Chris Helgren/Reuters
Humans Already Use Way, Way More Than 10% of Their Brains
It’s a complex, constantly multi-tasking network of tissue—but the myth persists.
Sam McDougle
July 16, 2014
