We go through our everyday lives taking everything for granted and yet there are some amazing anecdotes and fact of life that would amaze us, if only we knew. There are innumerous psychology facts about life and people that if we were aware abut would give us a better understanding of life and people and help us to view our everyday word from a higher perspective. Take a look at 20 such facts that might change your life
YES! That’s right! According to a scientific study in Europe and over a 12 week period, lead researcher Phillipa Lally found it took volunteers 66 days to develop a new habit. Perhaps this will motivate you to kick a bad one and replace it with a good one instead.
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A study in the University of Surrey found that eyewitnesses to crimes found it easier to recall details when they had their eyes closed. Facts of crime scenes could be recalled more accurately when described with eyes closed.
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The most basic experience proving this to be true is the “butterflies in the stomach” feeling. However many people might have found how stressful conditions affected ulcer pain and irritation or even gastric pain in the stomach.
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When you love a person in a long distance relationship perhaps or in love with an idol, you are actually in love with your own thoughts and an assumption of how you perceive that person to be. As such, you aren’t exactly in love with the actual person. But loving a real person is loving an individual with their own unique characteristics and personality. When you love a real person you accept both the good and bad loving them for what they are and not for what you perceive them to be.
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When you write down dreams you increase what is known as dream memory. This helps to recall recurring themes that happen in dreams. While dream memory varies daily, writing down your dreams regulates this memory and improves it.
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Those who possess full olfactory function will be able to link smells to memories and vice versa such as the aroma of a blossoming orchard that conjures up memories of a picnic. Similar smells at home perhaps of food may conjure up memories of childhood events.
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There are many on earth who act without thinking and many who act after thinking but that action could be a negative one because of wrong thinking. Whether you thought process is good or bad, who’s going to educate you about it. But those who can actually think about how they think prove they are superior in intelligence
This is because humans do possess a higher level of thinking proving a higher level of intelligence. It is just that some don’t like using their brains. The same thought process questions the existence of our very lives and invariably there are no answers which cause the thought process to exercise itself further. The fact that we are capable of rational thought proves how human beings are superior to other species.
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Isn’t this exactly like almost every man you’ve come across. There are many men who think they possess a quality or a characteristic without even having it. That’s typical!
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Well, this isn’t hard to believe, because the more you dream, the more you can recall those vivid ones which seem like they actually happened. But you also tern dot dream more if you are habituated to dreaming.
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By this sentence alone we prove how many children grow up to be insecure adults with fears and traumas all because of insecurity in families resulting from family feuds, in-family fighting, poor parenting and, divorce. Emotional security in a child goes a long way into adult life making him or her more confident to face life better. The only way to install this security is by a normal and healthy family atmosphere at home.
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That’s very true because it breaks down the defense wall put up by your opponent making him vulnerable.
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It means that those who value the things they receive in life are obviously more appreciative of them and hence will be happier at how much life has to offer them. When you are grateful and thankful, the object gains more meaning making you happier to receive it.
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Studies have proved how a second language could delay Alzheimer’s by strengthening the bran to remember another language. According to Alzheimer’s today “Constantly switching between two languages appears to make the brain work harder. That leads to structural changes in the brain, creating a “neural reserve” and rendering the bilingual brain more resilient against aging.”
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WELL! That’s a bummer to know but also very curious as to why! Research studies found that serotonin levels dropped in the brains of people in love similar to the condition found in the brains of mental patients. The research studied the drastic behavior that people tend to display when in love such as anxiety and irrational thinking. However, it doesn’t mean that love is bad and is still one of the most important aspects of maintaining a long term relationship.
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SCHOOL STUDENTS!! This is great advice as studying for hours on end without a break won’t do you good. Research has found how the interval method of study was best suited for memorizing things in the brain.
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Well! When you sing together, perhaps it’s the communication and connection with creating a harmony together that draws people together. As they say Music is the food of love, so play on.
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According to an article in national geographic describing research, it was found that writing one’s worries down on a piece of paper before exams relieves the stress and pressure exerted on our brains and even frees up valuable memory to focus more on the exam.
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Well!! That’s one thing which everyone will have to agree with because several studies have proven how inadequate sleep weakens the brain and immunity leading to stress, anxiety, poor mental focus, lack of concentration and, depression.
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Now, how convenient is that. If you are asked a question just before you need to go to the bathroom, wouldn’t you want to decide an answer fast especially when you are hard up.
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In most cases, the brain interprets fears and problems of daily life into nightmares. These are the most common fears which we experience or may have experienced and playing on our minds at all times. Hence we tend to dream about them through negative representation of nightmares.
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