The Peculiar Psyche
The ‘Phantom Pixel’ Brain? Why Your Digital Self Feels Literally Real?
The Phantom Pixel Brain is the reason you feel a literal jolt when your phone slips or a pang of anxiety when a digital avatar is criticized. Psychology suggests our…
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The Character Assassination Brain | Why You Judge Others Too Harshly (Fundamental Attribution Error)
"The person who is not a friend to himself is also an…
The ‘Phantom Pixel’ Brain? Why Your Digital Self Feels Literally Real?
The Phantom Pixel Brain is the reason you feel a literal jolt…
The ‘Invisible Gorilla’ Brain | Why You Don’t See What’s Right in Front of You (Inattentional Blindness)
Inattentional Blindness is the failure to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is…
The Endless Treadmill Brain | Why Success Never Feels Like Enough
"Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of…
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The ‘They’re Just a Jerk’ Brain | Why You Judge Others So Harshly (Fundamental Attribution Error)
The Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) is the tendency to attribute…
The ‘Know Better, Do Worse’ Brain | Why We Self-Sabotage (Akrasia)
Aristotle's Core Idea: “The incontinent man, knowing that what he…
The ‘Better the Devil You Know’ Brain | Why Change Feels Like a Threat (Status Quo Bias)
Status Quo Bias is a cognitive bias where people exhibit…
The ‘Self-Sabotage’ Brain | Why Fear of a Stereotype Kills Performance (Stereotype Threat)
Stereotype Threat is the situational anxiety that arises when an…
The ‘Never Quit’ Brain | Why You Can’t Stop a F*cking Failure (The Sunk Cost Fallacy)
The Sunk Cost Fallacy is a cognitive bias where people…
The ‘Fact-Resistant’ Brain | Why Data Can’t Change Your Mind (Motivated Reasoning)
Motivated Reasoning is a cognitive bias where emotional and ideological…
The ‘I-Knew-It’ Brain | Why History Always Seems Obvious (Hindsight Bias)
Hindsight Bias is the tendency to see past events as…
The ‘My Precious!’ Brain | Why Your Stuff Is Worth More To You (The Endowment Effect)
The Endowment Effect is a cognitive bias where we value…
The ‘Self-Lie’ Brain | Why Your Mind Defends Bad Decisions (Cognitive Dissonance)
Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological stress experienced when an individual…
The ‘Loudest-Loser’ Brain | The Dunning-Kruger Effect on Skill and Self-Doubt
The Dunning-Kruger Effect describes how the least skilled often have…