Some of The Most Awesome Psychological Facts

Psychology is the science of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. It is an academic discipline of immense scope.

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   The desire to squeeze and hug cute things comes from the same place in your brain as aggression.
2. Listening to 5 to 10 songs a day can improve memory, strengthen the immune system, and reduce depression risk by 80%.
3. People who stay awake till late at night are more intelligent than the people who go to bed early and rise early for the day.
4. Psychology says, Your most important thoughts and feelings often go unspoken and are barely understood by others.
5. The “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick” is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
6. Decisions are made both on the conscious and unconscious levels. When the two decisions don’t agree with each other, we experience anxiety.
7. Don’t let yourself be controlled by three things: people, money or past experiences.
8. Sunburn is the result of your skin cells committing mass suicide to protect you from their damaged DNA, which can cause Cancer.
9. Sitting straight up is bad for your back. You should slouch at an angle of 135 degrees.
10. According to psychological facts, the inability to fall asleep at night means you’re awake in someone’s dream.
11. Psychology says, the better you become as a person, the better you attract. Finding the right person begins with you.
12. A study found that morning people are happier and more satisfied with life overall than night owls.
13. Everyone has experienced something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person they once were.
14. Psychology says, sometimes creating a little distance will help people recognize how much you actually mean to them.
15. When a girl talks to you about her problems, that doesn’t mean she’s complaining. It just means she really trusts you.
16. When someone makes eye contact with you a lot, it’s a sign that they want you or are comfortable with you.
17. Studies show that women are more attracted to men wearing blue, while men are more attracted to women wearing red.
18. An average human being has multiple dreams per night of various situations and intensities, but most often only the most deeply connected are remembered.
19. If someone becomes angry over silly or petty(small) things, it means he/she needs love.
20. Being called “baby” has a positive effect on the female brain, causing instant emotional stress relief.
21. Playing video games has been proven to relieve tension, depression, and psychological pain caused by emotional trauma.
22. Japenese researchers have successfully developed a device that will be able to literally playback your dreams in a video sequence.
23. Women are naturally better liars than men. They are also better at detecting lies.
24. When people in love staring at each other’s eyes, their heartbeats sync together.
25. When you fall asleep while overthinking, the mind remains active as if you were awake which is why you tend to wake up tired.
26. Croaking is a word for staring at someone while they are eating in the hope that they will give you some of their food.
27. You keep a lot to yourself because it’s difficult to find people who understand.
28. If you suspect someone is following you, take four right turns. If they are still behind you, then they’re following you.
29. The pupil of your eye expands up to 45% when you look at someone you love.
30. Ironically, overthinking can make you smarter by improving recollection, critical thinking, and raising attention spoon.
31. A person usually makes a lot of hand gestures while telling a true story. When telling a lie, a person’s hand will stay noticeably still.
32. You are under no obligation to be the same person you were a year, a month, or even 15 minutes ago. You have the right to grow. No apologies.
33. It takes five different places in your brain to laugh at a joke.
34. Tripping in your dream and waking up with a twitch happens when your brain thinks you are dying.
35. Some people automatically assume you are mad at them when you’re quiet. This is due to a guilty consciousness.
36. Drinking white or green tea every day will minimize environmental damage done to your skin, and minimize fine lines and wrinkles.
37. A study found that people born in May have the lowest risk of illness and disease, while those born in October have the highest.
38. Love is invisible. It can’t be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment.
39. On average, those who eat with one other person eat about 35 percent more then they do when they are alone.
40. A small area of the brain called the amygdala enables you to read someone else’s face for clues to how they are feeling.
41. Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.
42. Yellow teeth are stronger. The natural color of our teeth is a light yellow color. Whitening your teeth can permanently weaken them.
43. Research says people who love and feel loved tend to live longer, have better health, and make more money.
44. Some people aren’t actually antisocial. They’re just very selective when it comes with the people they associate with.
45. Some people are actually afraid of being too happy because they think something tragic is going to happen. This is known as acrophobia.
46. Your decision is more rational when thought in another language.
47. Listen to the advice of older people. Not because they’re right, but because they have the most experience being wrong.
48. A psychology study shows that when you’re single, all you see are happy couples. When you’re committed, you see happy singles.
49. Dreams carry much more weight and meaning than our conscious thoughts while awake. 80% of your dream contains a secret message.
50. Studies show that people who sleep with multiple pillows are often lonely and depressed.
51. People with large signatures usually have large self-esteem.
52. It’s possible to die from heartbreak.
53. People with small handwriting are usually less open to conversations.
54. Smart people mostly have rough handwriting.
55. A lot of us suffer from ‘Phantom Vibration Syndrome'; the feeling that your phone is vibrating while it actually isn't.
56. People who are easily distracted usually have a high IQ.
57. Talking with women can improve a man’s mental strength.
58. It only takes about four minutes to fall in love.
59. 10% of the world's population is left-handed.
60. People who give excellent advice usually have the most problems; likewise, people who have been hurt the most usually have the best ability to heal.
61. Eating chocolate helps reduce stress.
62. Insecure people are prone to hating people that they barely know.
63. The type of music you listen to affects your perception of the world.
64. Tilting your head while looking up makes you look more sexually attractive to others.
65. Mostly when a person cries, if the first teardrops from the right eye, it’s happiness; if it’s from the left eye, it’s pain.
66. Over 90% of pretty girls usually end up being single, because most men think they are definitely taken.
67. Contrary to most beliefs, our emotion doesn't affect the way we talk, but the way we talk does affect our emotions.
68. Women have twice as many pain receptors as men, and they have higher pain tolerance.
69. The feeling of pain and loneliness are processed in the same part of the brain.
70. Research states, “Girls love their besties more than their boyfriends.” Wow.
71. When you talk a lot about your goals, it becomes less likely that you'll succeed because you'll lose motivation.
72. We can control our dreams.
73. You can only remember 3–4 things at a time.
74. The default way we imagine objects is from above and tilted like this (below)