If you're basing this question on the common urban legend that we only use 10% of our brain, then the answer is no. Both geniuses and normal humans use 100% of their brains. You can't remove 90% of a brain's mass and have a person still work the same way. There is no dead space. Brains are expensive, evolution wouldn't allow such an expensive thing to exist if it could get the same out of something a tenth the cost.
Other causes of palpitations include: 1  Anemia. 2  Exercise. 3  Fever. 4  Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). 5  Perimenopause. 6  Trauma.
Palpitation can be precipitated by vomiting or diarrhea that leads to electrolyte disorders and hypovolemia. Hyperventilation, hand tingling, and nervousness are common when anxiety or panic disorder is the cause of the palpitations. Causes. Palpitation can be attributed to one of four main causes: Extra-cardiac stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system (inappropriate stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, particularly the vagus nerve (which innervates the heart), can be caused by anxiety and stress due to acute or chronic elevations in glucocorticoids and catecholamines.