Do we really only use 10% of our brains? Can a machine tell if we’re lying? And are you actually ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’? Lucy Browning explores the neuroscience myths we love to believe, and what they reveal about how we engage with science.

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There’s a clip going around of Jimmy Carr sharing his take on suicide. And it’s presented as some wise, profound thing. But it isn’t. At best, it’s just wrong. At worst, it’s actively dangerous.