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1) The maximum capacity of your short-term
memory is seven. |
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2) The most visible color is
Chartreuse. |
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Yellowish green, chartreuse, is naturally
placed right in the middle of the frequencies of visible
light. Human eyes have receptors for green, blue and red
colors. Being placed in the middle, chartreuse actuates the
most of these receptors to fire, making it distinct and
easier to spot. For the same reason, in some metropolises,
firetrucks have been modified from red to a yellowish green
color to make them more visible and obvious to the
eye. |
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3) Subconscious is smarter than
you. |
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Subconscious is smarter than you. In other
words, it is more powerful. In a recent study, a square was
attributed to a location on a computer screen through a
complex pattern. After watching it out, people began to get
results better than the chance of recognizing where the
square would crop up next. However, when they were inquired
to consciously find out the pattern, even given a few hours,
nobody really did it! |
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4) There are two nervous
systems. |
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We have two sets of nervous systems. One
controls excitation, while the other controls inhibition. If
you hold out your hand, you might observe minor tremors. This
is actually stimulated by slight, random differences in the
amount each of the two systems are
firing. |
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5) Brain is exceptionally bad at
probability. |
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6) Memory isn’t great
either. |
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Research has revealed that people are highly
probable to misremember past events. Even worse, it is quite
easy to suggest a memory that never happened. Due to this
fact, so-called “repressed” memories should be given a lot of
consideration. It is extremely easier to suggest a memory of
a situation that never encountered, then it is to recover one
that actually did. |
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7) Depth is perceivable with one
eye. |
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It’s not quite true
that depth perception is totally the result of having two eyes.
Binocular vision does help in making a three-dimensional image.
Still, most of your capability to perceive depth comes from inside
your brain. It has been wired to look at angles and proportions to
measure distance.
If you needed two
eyes to perceive depth, then most optical illusions wouldn’t work
and it would be extremely difficult to gather information from
two-dimensional images. Not to mention a great number of one-eyed
pirates walking overboard. |
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8 ) Long-term memory closes up during
sleep. |
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The components of the brain that carry information
to Long-term memory turn off while sleeping. For the same reason,
dreams quickly fade out after you wake up. Although you may have
quite a few dreams in a night, they aren’t being memorialized into
Long-term memory. Normally only the fragments of a dream left in
Short-term memory have a possibility to be converted after you wake
up. |
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9) The Brain has an amazing instant playback
feature. |
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The last form of
memory, i.e. Sensory memory is actually your brain’s equivalent to
an instant playback feature. Functioning for both your vision and
hearing, your thalamus can resend signals a few seconds after they
were originally sent.
Let’s suppose being
at a party and overhearing someone call your name. Often you can
recall what they said even if you were concentrating on another
conversation. This is because your sensory memory re-sends the
signals when it feels something important, such as your name. If
you missed this form of memory, activities such as multitasking or
taking notes from a speaker would not be practicable for you.
If you’re supposed
to repeat something you just said because the other person wasn’t
hearing, just wait for a few seconds. Often they can replay the
message in their head and cause to a
reaction. |