20 Interesting Psychology Facts You Should Know
2 min readNov 17, 2023
- Turning down the car radio when looking where you are actually makes sense. Your mind cannot focus on two things at the same time.
- If you announce your goals to others, you’re less likely to succeed. In fact, studies show you lose motivation.
- Chocolate releases the same happiness-increasing neurotransmitters as being in love does.
- You can remember 7 +/- 2 facts at a time. This includes numbers but can be increased if you “chunk” the information.
- The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world.
- Your mind cannot create faces. Meaning everybody you dream of you have met at some point in your life, even if only in passing by.
- You cannot multitask.
- Our actions toward others impact others’ beliefs about ourselves, which causes others’ to act a certain way towards us, reinforcing our beliefs about ourselves, which then influence our actions toward others. This is known as the “Pygmalion Effect” or, more commonly “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.”
- You are more creative when you are tired.
- Being with positive, happy people keeps you happier.
- Feeling ignored causes the same chemical effect as that of an injury.
