Some brain secrets

    This article is based on a translation of the article Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had, which in turn is based on scientific research. Taken from © Jude.

    I think that you already have some ideas about how our brain works. Psychology often confirms our guesses about how the brain works, but at the same time it brings a lot of surprises. Under habrakat, a list of brain secrets that you might not have known about:



    1. Your short-term memory is limited to seven tasks

    Memory is divided into three types: sensory, long-term and short-term. The principle of operation of long-term memory resembles the work of a hard disk, and short-term - the operation of RAM. At the same time, short-term memory can process from 5 to 9 (average 7) tasks. Therefore, in order to remember information faster, try to break it into 7 blocks. This is more convenient than straining long-term memory.

    2. Yellow-green color - the most noticeable

    Eyes have receptors for detecting blue, green, and red. Yellow-green is located right in the center of the frequency of visible light, thereby making most of these receptors work, making it easier to notice than any other color. This is useful for designers and marketers to know, because with this you can focus on something specific.

    3. Your subconscious mind is smarter than you

    Or at least more powerful. For one study, the computer, according to a complex algorithm, displayed a certain square on a specific area of ​​the screen. Subconsciously, people in 90% correctly guessed the approximate area in which the square would be the next time, but when they were asked to argue their assumption, they found it difficult and often changed their correct decision to the wrong one. By the way, we often call this “random” guessing intuition, and attach some mystical significance to this. In fact, this is a very familiar and reliable way of making decisions. The subconscious mind knows more than we do and thinks faster, you only need to be able to understand what it says.

    4. There are two types of nervous system

    One of them controls the excitation, and the other - inhibition. Surely, you sometimes notice that your hands shake involuntarily (referring to cases not related to excitement or intoxication). This is due to slight random differences between these systems.

    5. In fact, our memory has a fairly modest scope.

    Studies have shown that people often do not remember the latest events. Therefore, re-recalling what happened to us is a rather useful exercise. It is advisable to do this in the evening before going to bed (you can lie in bed), trying to restore the entire sequence of events of the past day and in as much detail as possible. Over time, the memories will become brighter and more detailed. It also helps to increase attention efficiency.

    6. Long-term memory is turned off during sleep

    When we sleep, the brain department responsible for transmitting information to long-term memory is disabled. That is why dreams quickly disappear after we wake up. For the same reason, our dreams are deprived of the usual logic of events for us, and in most cases it does not seem strange to us until we begin to analyze them in an awake state.

    7. The memory has instant playback function

    At the beginning, I mentioned that memory is divided into three types, one of which is sensory memory. So, sensory memory, using vision and hearing, allows you to scroll in your head recently heard sounds or seen images. This is manifested, for example, when we are talking at a party with one person, but we can remember what the other was saying at that moment. If during a speech we are asked to repeat what we just said, you just need to wait a few seconds. Often, listeners themselves can reproduce this message in their head and get an answer to their question.

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