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Our Memories of Surprises are Better than the Expected
Most of our lives are recorded in “Standard Definition.” We remember the gist of our commute, the general flavor of our lunch, and the basic outline of our workday. To save energy, the brain operates as a prediction machine; it guesses what will happen next based on what happened yesterday. When those predictions are right,…
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The Way You Describe Something Can Surprisingly Shape the Memory
Did you know that our memory is more constructive than a perfect playback of a recording? Rather than remembering the past as neutral information, every time we recall an event, the brain reconstructs the story from bits and pieces. That is the nature of memory. But what if the memory is influenced, for example, by…
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Attention Works by Turning Distraction Down Not Off
Have you ever been deep in conversation at a loud party, only to snap your head around the moment someone across the room whispers your name? This isn’t a glitch in your focus; it’s a sophisticated “backend” antenna at work. That antenna is the attention working at the backend. In the 1960s, psychologist Anne Treisman…
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You May Feel Social Rejection as Physical Pain
We often use physical metaphors to describe emotional experiences, such as “broken hearts,” “gut punches,” or “crushing” rejection. What if “it hurts” might be more literal than we ever imagined? An established fMRI study invited participants who had recently experienced an unwanted breakup to undergo two different types of stimulation. First, they looked at a…
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Your Body and Mind Have Very Different Learning Styles
Have you ever noticed your body reacting to a situation before your brain has even had a chance to process what is happening? Imagine you are in a new, healthy relationship. Your mind knows this person is kind and reliable. However, the moment they are five minutes late for a text, your heart starts racing and your…
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