10 Mind Blowing Psychological Facts You Should Know About

Reading facts can be interesting and sometimes intimidating. It helps you to learn a lot about yourself and the world around. Interesting facts that are packed in a quirky way, will surely boost your confidence and help you flaunt your knowledge. To know some cool facts read on…

1. Next time your stomach growls maybe it won’t be because you’re hungry but because your gut brain is thinking. The second brain in your gut is called Enteric Nervous System

Yes, you read it right! That puts a spotlight on “Gut Feelings.”

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2. If you lie your nose won’t grow long but become warm. It is called the “Pinocchio effect”

It is also said that when a person is telling a true story, they make a lot of hand gestures. When they lie comparatively their hands are still.

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3. Are you a Cumberbitch? Or attracted to Brits? If yes, then you’re an Anglomaniac

Anglomanics are turned on by or obsessed with anything that is English. This explains a lot about your love for Cumberbatch and Ed Sheeran 😉

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4. Are you obsessed with your love life and cleanliness? It is said that romantic love is biochemically indistinguishable from having severe obsessive-compulsive disorder

Now we know why people want a “clean” relationship.

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5. Are you a cynic? You have a new reason to blame your negativity on. There is a gene that can cause you to be negative most of the time

Blame it all on that god damn gene!

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6. What is the nature of internet trolls? Not very good. Psychologists examined Internet trolls and found that they are “narcissistic, psychopathic, and sadistic

And people like that, coz they relate to it. Now that’s alarming!

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7. If you think you’re a multi-tasker, then this will shake your belief. You can’t multi-task because your brain can only focus on one higher level function at a time

You can walk and talk with your friend, but you concentrate only on talking and not really on walking.

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8. Waht you preiecve is not waht you see. Tihs is bceuase you see tihngs diffrentely tahn the way you preicve

As lnog as the frist and the last aplhaebts are smae, you will hvae no dificufty in raednig. Get it?

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9. Gizmo geek much? Even if you are not, here is an interesting fact. You don’t like reading text online

Reading text online stresses your eyes and tires you quickly. This is why people prefer books over e-books.

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10. This one is really interesting and will definitely make you feel more confident about yourself. You already know how to do things that you’ve never done before. Now how cool is that?

Your brain forms a picture or an idea of how to do things based on observation and it is called the mental model. So, when your mom asks you to learn how to cook food simply tell her you’ve observed her and your mental model will help you when needed. 😉

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Hope these facts have helped you and given you the logical reasoning for your likes and dislikes. Cheers to feeling smart! 🙂

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