The human brain is a fascinating, complex mechanism that continues to puzzle us to this day. So in an attempt to shed some light on it, at least, from a psychological perspective, certified coaching practitioner Elisabeth Donatella, aka Coach Lisy, has started an educational video series on TikTok.
It's called "Psychological Facts You Didn't Know About Yourself."
Sharing everything she has learned through meticulously researching the subject, Coach Lisy answers such interesting questions, like "Why do we forget things the moment we walk into a room to get them?" or "Why do we prefer to park our car next to another one in an almost empty lot?"
Continue scrolling and check them out!
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It takes 5 positive things to outweigh 1 negative thing. Your brain has "negativity bias." This is why you quickly forget that someone praised you but keep dwelling that someone else made fun of you for something.
Your brain wants you to be lazy. Conserving energy is 1 of your brains top priorities. Its been 1 of the essential things for humans for survival.
You forget what you went into a room for as soon as you get there. Because of something called the "doorway effect." The act of walking through the doorway makes you forget because you're changing your environment.
You're programmed to love the music that you listened to the most in high school. The music that you like most hits you with dopamine and other "feel good chemicals." Age 12 to 22 everything feels more important, so we tent to emphasize those years the most and hang on to those musical memories.
You mimic people that you're interacting with, sometimes without realizing it. Mimicking someone can make them like you more. This is called: the chameleon effect. This can be in a form of copying someones facial expressions and also their speech patterns and accents.
Omgosh! I do this too much, my accent changes. And sometimes people think I'm mocking them, but I'm not.
Your turn the volume off or lower it when you drive in unfamiliar places. In moments when you are focusing your attention on listening you are less aware of the visual information that your brain is getting.
You don't take the last piece of pizza or donut. Because you don't feel like you have the right. Specialists called this phenomenon the diffusion of entitlement.
You hold the door open for other people. Scientists have found this goes beyond us just trying to be polite. Meaning: we are all trying to spend less energy doing things. This show that we do try to treat others the way we want to be treated.
How is me holding the door open for others trying to use less energy doing things.
You are more creative when solving someone else problems than your own. To understand this, we have to look into the construal level theory of psychological distance. The concept of self is closer to yourself than it is to other people. Other people are psychologically distant from you. That is why thinking for other people tends to improve problem-solving and even deter personal/emotional barriers to creativity.
You feel happier when you are busy. Your brain dislikes being idle. It prefers to stay busy. For each task you complete you are rewarded with dopamine.
Isn't this contradicting the other statement that was made about being lazy??
Food made by someone else tastes better than your own cooking. You are standing around it so long it's already feels less appealing by the time it's ready to eat.
Being forgetful is a sign of high intelligence. Scientists claim that forgetting is just as important as remembering. "Bad memory" = mechanism for making more space for more relevant information in your brain. And it keeps your brain from wasting space and energy.
Nice spin about the intelligence, though it can just be a sign of being overworked, under a stress or in a new situation (take pregnant mothers or grieving people).
You thought you felt your phone vibrate in your pocket but there were no notifications. This condition is called Phantom Vibration Syndrome and 68% of us suffer from it.
What does your texting style say about your personality? If you write long texts, you are sensitive and thoughtful. You see words as a meaningful and powerful tool and put feelings and thoughts into it.
I think that goes both ways.... Sometimes long texts are meaningless, repetitive, and time wasting
You position your feet towards the person you are most interested in. It's a survival instinct. Your body is making sure your feet could react immediately if you feel any type of threat.
And you can indicate disinterest to your babbling colleague by turning your feet away from them though keeping your face looking at them. Makes them end the conversation faster.
You are always late. People who are chronically late have tendencies of underestimating how long a task is going to take to complete. This is called "planning fallacy."
You can't see smartphones in your dreams. Research suggest that since smartphones and other modern day devices are newer our brain haven't gotten used to them yet.
Buuuut .. I can't use it in my dreams. Like I always type in wrong numbers etc. Drives me nuts. Like my sleeping mind knows it can't realistically mimic a call to another person. @_@
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This is nonsense as there are people around who have grown up knowing smartphones, and their brain isn't any older than they are.
They often play a role in one of my most common nightmares. For reasons x y or z I am escaping and hiding and I must call the emergency number. I get the phone from my pocket but it's not mine and I don't know to open it, or I all of a sudden forget what the emergency number is, or the battery dies, or I get to call but the person answering does not want to help. My brains have serious suspicions against this modern day device and I give them credit for it.
I have kind of similar nightmares. It's an emergency or I have to call someone very urgently and my phone doesn`t work or I am not able to dial numbers.
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Out of all the bored panda stuff I've read, this has to be the number one for "random stuff I pulled out of my a**e and stated as a fact".
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I see smartphones in my dreams frequently, but they never ever work. I get pictures but no numbers or contact information. And I NEEEEED to make a phone call!
Considering how much people are on their phones these days, this sound like bullshit.
I can't dial a phone number in my dreams to save my life. It's very frustrating
I'm the same, it's horrible having those dreams, so stressful!
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I have a recurring dream that I'm unable to use my device because I keep putting in one wrong number. Like I compulsively enter one number wrong and can't make the call. It's a frustrating dream.
Not true, I had several dreams where I was surfing on an Iphone for some reason and I remember them very well.
Not true, but what is true is that you can't read much text in dreams - the brain can't formulate a lot of text within dreams. you somehow get the info of the text, but if you're reading a book or something and try to focus on the words, you'll notice most of them are squiggly lines. Your brain is also not great with mirrors: if you stare at yourself in a mirror in a dream, you'll see that the brain can't quite form your face accurately. Train yourself to notice this when you're awake and you'll become aware in dreams that you're dreaming. First few times you'll probably wake up, but after awhile you'll be able to practice lucid dreaming. Another thing is light level: your brain can't change light levels in dreams (though it can tell you if it's dark or light), so flip a light switch whenever you enter a room. If it makes no difference, you become aware you're dreaming.
how very interesting, i do not remember any dream i used an appliance really
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Next time I’m talking on my cell in my dream, I’ll make sure to tell it that it doesn’t exist yet.
This odd "fact" calls into question the validity of everything else in this post.
Disagree, I can think of several dreams I've had with a smartphone invovled
They also say that about not being able to read during dreams. But I've had several dreams where I read, and it with no effort
I think smart phones are for stupid people and why the hell would you dream of something so inconsequential?
Time and text can't stay consistent in your brain because your brain is creating a reality. It's too much information for your brain to keep it in focus enough for the information to stay. It's why people say to lucid dream you try check the time. If you use smartphones for something other than text based information, like playing games, you'll see it.
I just got into a dream state argument last night over an excessive charge to replace a glass screen. “Research suggests” is highly overused in this mostly psychobabble article.
i see them. But if i try and focus on using them for a specific function, the technology doesn't work. I cant bounce between apps, keyboard won't type correctly etc
I can read texts on my phone but I can't send anything either which is perfect. I just ignore them and it makes my dreaming more relaxing
I tried reading my maps app in a dream and the phone started sprouting mung beans
I have always wondered about people wearing glasses in their dreams. Eyesight is only fuzzy from the eyeball. The brain has to process a fuzzy image. If the image is generated in the brain . . . are people wearing their glasses?
I had a dream where I forgot my glasses and truly couldn't see anything very well
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Agreed. I can even dream i took the phone from the living room and put it in another room, so this one is busted to hell.
I don't recall dreaming about a smart phone, but back when cell phones first came out I recall having a dream about a cell phone. And I recently had a dream about a new car that I just bought. So I seriously question this one.
That depends on just how "new" the object is. I once had a phone conversation with someone while completely asleep. He only knew something was wrong when he asked me if I'd had my car repaired yet (and he asked twice!) and the wreck had only happened a week prior to the conversation. When he asked the question I just didn't speak at all. Some time later I saw him in person and he mentioned the conversation - NONE of which I remembered! - and how I stopped talking whenever he asked about my car.
Who answered these questions? Let's not forget that by the time we wake up 80% of the time we won't remember our dreams. How can you make this assumption?
Absolute nonsense. For some people, smart phones have been around their entire lives and is probably one of the first things they ever saw if someone was taking a picture of them with it. That's not the case for me, but there are still new things coming out all the time that have appeared in my dream
I do think this is an age thing. I have had a smartphone for years and worked with computers for 25 years but have never dreamt of one. I do however dream about the games I play on it but more around how to solve levels (usually a stress dreaming) but never via a screen. I can imagine anyone that grew up with them, it's just part of their childhood and now adult life so they are incorporated into the dream world.
I literally dreamt about getting a new smartphone and removing bloatware from it tonight.
Here’s a fun brain weirdness. Look in a mirror at one of your eyes. Now look at the other. Of course you have to move both eyes to do this but YOU WON’T SEE YOUR EYES MOVE. Don’t know why it works like this but it does.
You prefer to park your car next to another car in an almost empty lot. It's because we often follow the crowd. This behavior helps us to explain that we as humans are social beings.
Yep, pretty sure my brain wanted to be lazy through all of it.
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Yup, the TikToker seems to have tried that bit too hard to create theories to support their own thoughts and pass it off as fact.
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Another unproven, undocumented, unresearched opinion. A good example of how generalised bs gets spread. Stay sceptical!
I get the gist of many of these the concept if there but the way they are worded it is a little confusing on some of them. For instance the last one to make the statement “you are always late.” To me that’s making an assumption and normally because I’m a smart a$$ and I would reply “please go seek medical attention immediately because you’re getting your only exercise by jumping to assumptions and conclusions”
It is amazing how most of TikTok articles have negative comments, yet the BP staff keeps shoving them down our throats. But like they say, anyone can write on Bored Panda.
I'm already tired of articles citing tictoc videos as a source. Give me an article that researches the claims in these videos, and then shares the findings.
For only $299 and 1 weekend seminar, you too can be a certified coach explaining to people how their brains work!
So which is it? One stupid statement says that our brain wants us to be lazy, and just a few frames further along, another one says our brains want us to be busy because it's happiest then. Someone made up a bunch of junk and posted it, didn't they, taking advantage of the foolishness BP promotes: "Anyone can write on Bored Panda, so get to writing!" Not 'everyone' should be writing, however!
I have studied psychology - in forensic psychology I learned that some people manipulate facts just to get attention- don't know if that's true or not but I think it should be taken with a tablespoon of salt!
A lot of these sounded fake. But idk this post kept me from being bored so not a huge waste of time??
Yeah, this article was written by someone just pullin' sht outta their ass
Lots of people complaining about this... but I think it is because the individual posts say "you do this, you do that". And people are overly sensitive when they hear that. "Don't tell me what I do, I'm an INDIVIDUAL". The thing is though, I know of studies that back up most (but not all) of these comments. So there is data to prove that the majority of the population does these things. Maybe YOU don't. Maybe you are some special unique rebel who thinks for yourself and bucks the trends. Or maybe you just really wish you were and are living in denial when people point out how you behave.
The complaints are not so much about that we DO these things but as to WHY we do them. I hold open doors because I don't want it to slam into the next person's face and, yes, I am considerate enough to realize someone else was oggling the last slice and maybe we could share. And look at the picture with the carpark - they don't park there because we social being but that is where the bloody entrance is.
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I don't think I've ever seen a flakier post on BP. As useful rules, they are up there with i before e.
Pschology works great in movies ,excellent for Mentalist type of shows but it can't explain s**t in real life and why hoomans make the choices they make?!
If you think thoroughly about the implicit meaning of a few of the statements, you can see some valid conclusions, but most of these entries would benefit from a clearer writing or, even more so on a brain-stuff post, from quoting and referencing actual scientific research.
Yep, pretty sure my brain wanted to be lazy through all of it.
Load More Replies... Yup, the TikToker seems to have tried that bit too hard to create theories to support their own thoughts and pass it off as fact.
Load More Replies... Another unproven, undocumented, unresearched opinion. A good example of how generalised bs gets spread. Stay sceptical!
I get the gist of many of these the concept if there but the way they are worded it is a little confusing on some of them. For instance the last one to make the statement “you are always late.” To me that’s making an assumption and normally because I’m a smart a$$ and I would reply “please go seek medical attention immediately because you’re getting your only exercise by jumping to assumptions and conclusions”
It is amazing how most of TikTok articles have negative comments, yet the BP staff keeps shoving them down our throats. But like they say, anyone can write on Bored Panda.
I'm already tired of articles citing tictoc videos as a source. Give me an article that researches the claims in these videos, and then shares the findings.
For only $299 and 1 weekend seminar, you too can be a certified coach explaining to people how their brains work!
So which is it? One stupid statement says that our brain wants us to be lazy, and just a few frames further along, another one says our brains want us to be busy because it's happiest then. Someone made up a bunch of junk and posted it, didn't they, taking advantage of the foolishness BP promotes: "Anyone can write on Bored Panda, so get to writing!" Not 'everyone' should be writing, however!
I have studied psychology - in forensic psychology I learned that some people manipulate facts just to get attention- don't know if that's true or not but I think it should be taken with a tablespoon of salt!
A lot of these sounded fake. But idk this post kept me from being bored so not a huge waste of time??
Yeah, this article was written by someone just pullin' sht outta their ass
Lots of people complaining about this... but I think it is because the individual posts say "you do this, you do that". And people are overly sensitive when they hear that. "Don't tell me what I do, I'm an INDIVIDUAL". The thing is though, I know of studies that back up most (but not all) of these comments. So there is data to prove that the majority of the population does these things. Maybe YOU don't. Maybe you are some special unique rebel who thinks for yourself and bucks the trends. Or maybe you just really wish you were and are living in denial when people point out how you behave.
The complaints are not so much about that we DO these things but as to WHY we do them. I hold open doors because I don't want it to slam into the next person's face and, yes, I am considerate enough to realize someone else was oggling the last slice and maybe we could share. And look at the picture with the carpark - they don't park there because we social being but that is where the bloody entrance is.
Load More Replies... I don't think I've ever seen a flakier post on BP. As useful rules, they are up there with i before e.
Pschology works great in movies ,excellent for Mentalist type of shows but it can't explain s**t in real life and why hoomans make the choices they make?!
If you think thoroughly about the implicit meaning of a few of the statements, you can see some valid conclusions, but most of these entries would benefit from a clearer writing or, even more so on a brain-stuff post, from quoting and referencing actual scientific research.
