The average person makes about 35,000 decisions per day, the vast majority unconsciously.

Your brain is more active when you are dreaming than when you are awake.

Fact #2619 · Psychology

The placebo effect can produce real physiological changes.

Fact #949 · Psychology

People consistently overestimate how long negative emotions will last — a phenomenon called impact bias.

Fact #3737 · Psychology

Your perception of color exists only inside your brain.

Fact #2267 · Psychology

People who read fiction show higher empathy and social cognitive skills than those who don't.

Fact #5012 · Psychology

The planning fallacy causes people to underestimate how long tasks will take — even knowing about the bias.

Fact #6304 · Psychology

Eastern and Western philosophies developed largely independently yet address the same fundamental questions.

Fact #5894 · Psychology

Priming — brief exposure to a stimulus — unconsciously influences later responses.

Fact #6126 · Psychology