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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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#1
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.
#2
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.
#3
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.
#4
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.
#5
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.
Aski Markup 3 years ago
Omgosh! I do this too much, my accent changes. And sometimes people think I'm mocking them, but I'm not.
#6
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.
#7
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.
#8
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.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
How is me holding the door open for others trying to use less energy doing things.
#9
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.
#10
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.
troufaki13 3 years ago
Isn't this contradicting the other statement that was made about being lazy??
#11
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.
#12
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.
New Prometheus 3 years ago
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).
#13
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.
#14
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.
Thecoolbonnie 3 years ago
I think that goes both ways.... Sometimes long texts are meaningless, repetitive, and time wasting
#15
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.
New Prometheus 3 years ago
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.
#16
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."
#17
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.
#18
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.
What do you think ?
Zophra 3 years ago
Yep, pretty sure my brain wanted to be lazy through all of it.
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JennyLaRue 3 years ago
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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Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
Another unproven, undocumented, unresearched opinion. A good example of how generalised bs gets spread. Stay sceptical!
Mazer 3 years ago
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”
Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago
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.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
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.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
For only $299 and 1 weekend seminar, you too can be a certified coach explaining to people how their brains work!
Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago
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!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
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!
Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago
A lot of these sounded fake. But idk this post kept me from being bored so not a huge waste of time??
albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago
Yeah, this article was written by someone just pullin' sht outta their ass
Aliquid A 3 years ago
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.
MiriPanda 3 years ago (edited)
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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Auntriarch 3 years ago
I don't think I've ever seen a flakier post on BP. As useful rules, they are up there with i before e.
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago
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?!
Matheus Oliveira 3 years ago
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.
Zophra 3 years ago
Yep, pretty sure my brain wanted to be lazy through all of it.
Load More Replies... JennyLaRue 3 years ago
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... Kenny Kulbiski 3 years ago
Another unproven, undocumented, unresearched opinion. A good example of how generalised bs gets spread. Stay sceptical!
Mazer 3 years ago
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”
Aahzmandus Pervect 3 years ago
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.
DDmaybeandor 3 years ago
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.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago
For only $299 and 1 weekend seminar, you too can be a certified coach explaining to people how their brains work!
Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago
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!
Brian Bennett 3 years ago
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!
Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago
A lot of these sounded fake. But idk this post kept me from being bored so not a huge waste of time??
albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago
Yeah, this article was written by someone just pullin' sht outta their ass
Aliquid A 3 years ago
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.
MiriPanda 3 years ago (edited)
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... Auntriarch 3 years ago
I don't think I've ever seen a flakier post on BP. As useful rules, they are up there with i before e.
MrOwlAteMyMetalWorm. 3 years ago
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?!
Matheus Oliveira 3 years ago
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.
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