In 1907, famed psychologist William James claimed, “We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.” A journalist later misquoted him as saying the average person develops on 10% of his mental capacity. Scans, however, show that we use every part of our brain, though not all regions are active at once. That’s why damage to any area of the brain—like what happens during a stroke –usually results in mental and behavioral effects.Playing classical music to infants makes them smarter.The state of Georgia began distributing classical-¬music CDs to the families of newborns in 1998. (1 comments)