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You are blind to the persistence of your own thoughts.

The harder you attempt to suppress a specific thought, the more frequently it enters your awareness.

Wegner et al., 1987, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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You are blind to the persistence of your own thoughts.
The harder you attempt to suppress a specific thought, the more frequently it enters your awareness.
oddlywired.github.io
November 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
You forget what others say when you are waiting.

In a 1982 study, participants showed significantly lower recall for information delivered immediately before their own turn to speak.

Bond and Komoda, 1982, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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You forget what others say when you are waiting.
In a 1982 study, participants showed significantly lower recall for information delivered immediately before their own turn to speak.
oddlywired.github.io
October 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
You assign human traits to objects to satisfy a need for connection.

A 2008 study found that individuals experiencing social exclusion were more likely to attribute human-like intentions to inanimate gadgets.

Epley et al., 2008, Psychological Science
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You assign human traits to objects to satisfy a need for connection.
A 2008 study found that individuals experiencing social exclusion were more likely to attribute human-like intentions to inanimate gadgets.
oddlywired.github.io
November 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
You trust people with easier names more than others.

A 2012 study demonstrated that names easy to pronounce are judged as more trustworthy.

Laham et al., 2012, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
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You trust people with easier names more than others.
A 2012 study demonstrated that names easy to pronounce are judged as more trustworthy.
oddlywired.github.io
November 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
You create memories of things that never actually happened.

The study found that about 50% of participants reported being sure they heard the lure word.

Roediger and McDermott, 1995, Journal of Experimental Psychology
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You create memories of things that never actually happened.
The study found that about 50% of participants reported being sure they heard the lure word.
oddlywired.github.io
October 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
You underestimate how much others appreciate your kindness.

People consistently expect their expressions of gratitude to be less impactful than they actually are to the recipient.

Kumar and Epley, 2018, Psychological Science
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You underestimate how much others appreciate your kindness.
People consistently expect their expressions of gratitude to be less impactful than they actually are to the recipient.
oddlywired.github.io
October 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Nature restores your capacity to focus on hard tasks.

Attention Restoration Theory suggests that natural environments replenish your depleted cognitive resources, unlike urban environments.

Kaplan, 1995, Journal of Environmental Psychology
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Nature restores your capacity to focus on hard tasks.
Attention Restoration Theory suggests that natural environments replenish your depleted cognitive resources, unlike urban environments.
oddlywired.github.io
October 31, 2026 at 12:46 AM
You judge an explanation as 'correct' if it includes neuroscience data.

The seductive allure of neuroscience makes people believe that explanations are logically sound, even when they contain completely irrelevant brain science.

Weisberg et al., 2008, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
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You judge an explanation as 'correct' if it includes neuroscience data.
The seductive allure of neuroscience makes people believe that explanations are logically sound, even when they contain completely irrelevant brain science.
oddlywired.github.io
November 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'Climate disinformation: Why correcting false claims is not enough.' This review explores how political and economic interests, misleading narratives and social media platforms interact to undermine public trust and delay climate action.

🔗 bit.ly/4i0tOuL
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October 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
You remember stories better when they have emotional tension.

The 'arousal-biased competition' model states that emotional stimuli occupy your memory resources at the expense of neutral background details.

Mather and Sutherland, 2011, Perspectives on Psychological Science
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You remember stories better when they have emotional tension.
The 'arousal-biased competition' model states that emotional stimuli occupy your memory resources at the expense of neutral background details.
oddlywired.github.io
October 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM
You value things more when they are scarce.

Research shows that participants in a 1975 study rated identical items as significantly more valuable simply because they were told supply was limited.

Worchel et al., 1975, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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You value things more when they are scarce.
Research shows that participants in a 1975 study rated identical items as significantly more valuable simply because they were told supply was limited.
oddlywired.github.io
October 27, 2026 at 7:25 PM
You accept risks more when they are presented as gains.

The framing of a decision as a 'save' versus a 'loss' shifts your tolerance for risk, even when the math is identical.

Tversky and Kahneman (1981), The Framing of Decisions
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You accept risks more when they are presented as gains.
The framing of a decision as a 'save' versus a 'loss' shifts your tolerance for risk, even when the math is identical.
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October 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
You value things more just because you made them.

The IKEA effect demonstrates that people assign higher value to projects or products when they have personally contributed to their creation.

Norton, M. I., Mochon, D., & Ariely, D., 2011, 'The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love'
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You value things more just because you made them.
The IKEA effect demonstrates that people assign higher value to projects or products when they have personally contributed to their creation.
oddlywired.github.io
October 29, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Remembering a single detail can cause you to forget others.

A 1994 study demonstrated that repeatedly recalling a subset of learned information suppresses memory for related, unrecalled items.

Anderson et al., 1994, Journal of Experimental Psychology
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Remembering a single detail can cause you to forget others.
A 1994 study demonstrated that repeatedly recalling a subset of learned information suppresses memory for related, unrecalled items.
oddlywired.github.io
October 28, 2026 at 12:29 AM
You claim to know things that do not exist.

When presented with lists containing fictional concepts, many people claim they are familiar with them.

Paulhus et al., 2003
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You claim to know things that do not exist.
When presented with lists containing fictional concepts, many people claim they are familiar with them.
oddlywired.github.io
October 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
You cannot find the word you know you know.

The tip-of-the-tongue state represents a partial retrieval failure where you access the definition but not the label.

Brown & McNeill, 1966
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You cannot find the word you know you know.
The tip-of-the-tongue state represents a partial retrieval failure where you access the definition but not the label.
oddlywired.github.io
October 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Small changes are invisible against large existing quantities.

Weber’s Law states that the just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to its intensity.

Weber's Law, Ernst Heinrich Weber
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Small changes are invisible against large existing quantities.
Weber’s Law states that the just-noticeable difference in a stimulus is proportional to its intensity.
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October 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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🔬 Dynamics of variability and bias in working memory.
👤 Tomić et al., 2026
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Visual working memory shows increased variability with longer delays and larger amounts to remember, while systematic biases remain stable regardless of these factors. 👁️💾⏱️
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October 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Your brain prefers a simple solution over a perfect one.

In 1956, Herbert Simon identified that people search for an option that meets a threshold rather than the mathematical maximum.

Simon, 1956, Psychological Review
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Your brain prefers a simple solution over a perfect one.
In 1956, Herbert Simon identified that people search for an option that meets a threshold rather than the mathematical maximum.
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October 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Venting your anger makes you more aggressive, not less.

A 2002 study showed that participants who hit a punching bag to vent anger were more aggressive than those who sat quietly.

Brad Bushman (2002) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Venting your anger makes you more aggressive, not less.
A 2002 study showed that participants who hit a punching bag to vent anger were more aggressive than those who sat quietly.
oddlywired.github.io
October 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Your brain prefers a world with simple, rigid categories.

Psychological essentialism leads you to believe that objects and people have an underlying, unchanging nature.

Medin and Ortony (1989) on psychological essentialism
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Your brain prefers a world with simple, rigid categories.
Psychological essentialism leads you to believe that objects and people have an underlying, unchanging nature.
oddlywired.github.io
October 24, 2026 at 11:10 PM
You ignore information that contradicts what you already believe.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out and favor information that validates your pre-existing opinions.

Nickerson, 1998, Review of General Psychology
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You ignore information that contradicts what you already believe.
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out and favor information that validates your pre-existing opinions.
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October 22, 2026 at 11:58 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'What our research reveals about student mental well-being after COVID-19.' This study examined the associations of gender and previous COVID-19 infection with mental well-being among university students in Pakistan.

🔗 bit.ly/47Ajdk4
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October 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
You value a goal more when it requires significant effort.

A 1959 study demonstrated that individuals rated a discussion group as more interesting if they had to undergo an embarrassing initiation to join it.

Aronson & Mills, 1959, Effort Justification
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You value a goal more when it requires significant effort.
A 1959 study demonstrated that individuals rated a discussion group as more interesting if they had to undergo an embarrassing initiation to join it.
oddlywired.github.io
October 24, 2026 at 5:24 PM
What if one of psychology’s most famous experiments wasn’t quite what we were told?

Watching Netflix's The New Stanford Prison Experiment? Go deeper with Thibault Le Texier’s 'Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: History of a Lie.'

📖 Discover the book: bit.ly/4eI2wac
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October 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM