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 ‘Velcro for Bad’ Brain | Why Your Mind Loves Bad News (Negativity Bias)
"The goal of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to…
The ‘Everywhere I Look’ Brain | Why You Suddenly See What You Just Learned (The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon)
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon (Frequency Illusion) is the cognitive bias where something you…
The ‘Loudest Voice’ Brain | Why You Fear Planes More Than Stairs (The Availability Heuristic)
"What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new…
The Weight of Shadows | How Low Expectations Warp Reality
"For to be and to think are one and the same." -…
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The ‘You Can See Right Through Me!’ Brain | Why Your Thoughts Feel Obvious (Even When They’re Not)
The “You Can See Right Through Me!” Brain is when…
The ‘Why Is This Interesting?’ Brain | How Your Mind Finds Fascination in the Utterly Mundane (And Why That’s Very Nice!)
You're waiting for the laundry to finish, and suddenly, you're…
The ‘Grows On You’ Brain | Why Seeing Things More Makes You Like Them More (Even That Weird Song)
You hear a new song on the radio. It’s... weird.…
The ‘Good Old Days’ Brain | Why Your Past Always Seems Happier Than It Was
You’re looking through old photos. Ah, that trip to the…
The ‘Suddenly Everywhere’ Brain | Why You See That New Word/Car/Idea Everywhere (And It’s Not a Conspiracy)
You just bought a bright red car. Or maybe you…
The ‘Did I Lock the Door?’ Brain | Why Your Mind Loves to Doubt What You Just Did
You’ve just pulled away from your house, and suddenly, a…
The ‘Invisible Audience’ Brain | Why You Rehearse Conversations in Your Head
You’ve got a tricky conversation coming up—maybe with your boss,…
The ‘Broken Record’ Brain | Why Your Mind Gets Stuck on the Same Thought
You just said goodbye to a friend, and a tiny,…
The ‘My Idea!’ Brain | Why Your Mind Confidently Remixes Reality
You’re at a party, telling a hilarious anecdote about something…
The ‘Fight to Be Right’ Brain | Why Facts Just Make You Believe Harder
You're deep in a conversation, armed with irrefutable facts, statistics,…