Top 10 Simple Things That Mess With The Mind

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Top 10 Simple Things That Mess With The Mind

The mind can stumble over simple things. At times, a biological glitch is responsible.
Then we see the wrong colors, cannot stop eating, or struggle to look honest during a conversation.Other triggers have no explanation for why they mess with the mind-like being offered a hat or a cookie.
Then people float out of chairs and give away dangerous information.
Indeed, the hiccups of the brain remain a fascinating world.

10. The Food Variety Effect

Christmas is full of cheer, tinsel, and weight gain.
The festive season is notorious for leaving extra padding.
Even though people eat more during this time, they are often surprised by the amount of weight that greets them in January.
This is largely due to a phenomenon known as the “variety effect.”
The more food is on offer, the more people eat without realizing it.
Nature has a way of curbing the appetite.
The longer the tongue deals with the same texture or flavor, the more one’s appetite diminishes. Presto, the meal ends without gorging oneself.
However, this mechanism fails when people graze at buffets, Thanksgiving dinners, or Christmas lunches.
Switching between different foods delays the desire to stop eating because the flavors and textures keep changing. This is why something as simple as a meal with several courses can fool guests about how much they consume in one sitting.

9. Eye Contact Freaks Out The Brain

According to body language books, people who don’t maintain eye contact might just be untrustworthy characters.
However, there is now evidence that the weasel factor is not the entire story.
Those who cannot stare at another person while holding a sparkling conversation are experiencing an unusual effect.
Our brains use the same regions for talking, thinking, and keeping eye contact. Sometimes, this causes a mental traffic jam.
This conclusion came from a small Japanese study.
But the outcome suggested that the brain struggles with the combination of focusing on a face and thinking of words to say.
The effect worsens when the conversation uses new or difficult phrases.To cope, the befuddled brain tries to single-task by making the person feel that he has to avert his eyes.

8. Crossed Arms Can Bring Pain Relief

There are plenty of ways to stop the pain.
But pills and potions aside, the future of pain relief could include physiotherapists demonstrating poses to confuse the brain.
A small study in 2011 showed that the idea might not be as ludicrous as it sounds.
Twenty people agreed to be zapped by a laser. After being burned on their hands, they crossed their arms to see if this simple act could reduce the pain.
The participants reported that their hands felt better and their EEG caps, which measured the brain’s electrical mood, said the same thing.
Apparently, the noggin is used to the left hand touching the left side of the world.
The same with the right hand and side.
Crossing the arms places the injured hand on the wrong side and tricks the brain into a weaker pain awareness.
That is the theory anyway.
But for a new pain therapy still in its infancy, the scientific evidence is looking good.

7. Left and Right

Turn left? Go right? Left-right confusion is surprisingly common.
Sometimes, it leads to terrifying mistakes-like the pair of surgeons who once removed the wrong kidney and the patient died.
Even more disturbing, when more medical professionals were tested, too many identified the incorrect eye booked for surgery.
The problem grows when there is pressure to pick a side.
A passenger giving directions to a speeding driver is also more likely to say “turn that way” and end up in the wrong place. Two directions, a simple confusion.
Yet despite countless attempts, scientists still do not know why this happens.
They have a suspicion, though, that the brain’s way of processing the different sides is more complicated than just looking one way or the other.
Telling somebody else to go a certain way or trying to see their left or right when it’s the opposite of our own can mess with the mind.
Especially when there is no time to consider things at a slower pace.

6. The Good Looks Bias

Nobody likes to think that something as superficial as looks can sway their opinion.
But the statistics are there.
Attractive people get more votes and shorter criminal sentences.
They are also viewed as more honest, trustworthy, kind, and intelligent.
This does not mean that everybody is a shallow idiot.
Once again, science suggests that the brain is making a multitasking blooper.

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