How much of our brain do we really utilize? Does of any of our gray matter go unused, just taking up space in our noggins? A fifth grader recently contacted MIT to find out. She asked, "Why don't we use all our brain cells, and what do we do with the ones we don't use?"
Her video, and the response from Hannah Iaccarino PhD '16, then a graduate student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a researcher at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, is part of the #askMIT Q&A series now being produced as a collaboration between MIT+K12 Videos and Curiosity.com that pairs kids' questions with answers from experts at MIT — be it grad students, staff, or faculty.
MIT+K12 Videos is an educational outreach media program in the MIT Office of Digital Learning. It produces original digital media and live programming that seeks to spark curiosity and a love of learning among middle school and high school students; to open a door to the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) world; and to promote STEM literacy among the general public.
Do you or a young person you know have a question for MIT? Ask a teacher or parent to post your video on Facebook or Twitter with #askMIT, or email it to askmit@curiosity.com. Then, watch and explore #askMIT on Curiosity. Undergrads interested in producing the #askMIT series are also welcome to apply by emailing mitk12videos@mit.edu.
Submitted by: Office of Digital Learning | Video by: MIT+K12 Videos | 2 min, 56 sec
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