Statement

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1

Thought resides in the heart: the heart is the home of mental functioning.

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11.4

12.3

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5.9

2

The brain pumps animal spirits around the body.

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3.2

9.5

80.9

5.0

3

Brain cells join together forming a huge net of nerves.

40.5

36.8

7.7

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4

Mental function resides in the brain’s hollows/spaces.

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34.5

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16.8

5

Drilling a hole in the skull releases evil spirits.

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4.1

90.5

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6

Personality can be accurately read in the bumps on the skull.

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6.8

18.2

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Mental illness can be cured by disconnecting the frontal lobes―the front part of the brain.

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9.1

27.7

50.9

10.5

8

Brain injury has been shown to turn a quiet, hard-working man into an impulsive brute.

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43.2

13.6

9.1

10.0

9

The whole of the brain is in charge of the ability to produce language.

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34.1

19.5

26.4

9.5

10

Memory is distributed throughout the entire cortex.

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44.1

14.5

10.9

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11

We only use 10% of our brains.

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22.3

30.9

5.0

12

Right-brained people are more creative than left-brained people.

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32.7

27.7

19.5

16.4

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The female brain is more balanced than the male.

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17.3

31.4

22.7

25.9

14

Adults can’t grow new brain cells.

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22.3

27.7

24.5

19.1

15

There is a “God Spot” (a place for processing faith) in the brain.

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21.4

22.7

34.2

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16

Pregnant women seem to lose their minds (become forgetful, slow).

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20.0

25.9

35.5

11.8

17

We all need eight hours of continuous sleep a night.

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27.3

33.6

22.7

3.6

18

The brain is essentially a computer.

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44.1

13.6

7.7

5.5

19

The mind can exist outside the brain.

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17.7

22.7

37.7

17.3

20

Neuroscience is radically transforming human self-understanding.

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47.7

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