关于我们的大脑你所不知道的五件事

我们不只用了我们大脑的10%。

"Every part of our brain is always active all the time," Yuste says. The brain is comprised of tens of millions of neurons that are always firing (meaning the oft-repeated "fact" that we only use 10 percent of our brains isn't true). "Some people think the brain is like a computer," he says, where it sits there doing nothing until you stimulate it. In reality, the brain is always going, even when we're sleeping. "It has a life of its own," Yuste says.

“我们大脑的每一部分在任何时候总是活跃的，”Yuste说。大脑是由数以百万计总是在反射的神经元组成(意味着多次重复的我们大脑只使用了10% 的“事实”不是真的)。“有些人认为大脑就像一台计算机，”他说，在你刺激它之前它就坐在那儿什么也不做。事实上，大脑总是在运转，甚至当我们睡觉时。“它有它自己的生活，”Yuste说。

The argument for a brain-mapping initiative isn't that different from the Human Genome Project.

大脑成像主动性的争论点与人类基因组计划没有什么不同。

We recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. But it wasn't that long ago that people never would have thought such a lofty goal was even possible. Yuste sees a parallel to the brain-mapping initiative: Detractors argue that it's impossible to collect the data, and even if you could collect it, no one could ever understand it. They ask: Will it work? And will it be worth it? Yuste firmly believes the answer is yes. "Society has so many problems that science cannot afford to dream small dreams," he said during his TEDMED presentation.

我们最近庆祝了完成人类基因组计划的10周年。但不久之前，人们根本没有想过这样一个崇高目标是可能的。Yuste看到脑成像主动性的一个类比：反对者认为不可能收集数据，即使你可以收集到，也没有人能理解。他们问：它会有用吗？它将值得吗？Yuste坚持认为答案是肯定的。

No one understands how the brain works. 

没有人了解大脑如何运作。

"I can guarantee you that we don't have a clue," Yuste says. At least not yet.

“我可以向你保证我们毫无所知，”Yuste说。至少目前还没有。