The cocktail party effect allows selective attention to specific sounds.

Your brain uses patterns to recognize faces almost instantly.

Fact #1987 · Psychology

The placebo effect can produce real physiological changes.

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The foot-in-the-door technique increases compliance gradually.

Fact #1501 · Psychology

Motivation can influence persistence and goal achievement.

Fact #976 · Psychology

The confirmation bias affects how evidence is interpreted.

Fact #1496 · Psychology

Your brain can misinterpret reality under stress.

Fact #2283 · Psychology

Your brain can trick you into seeing things that are not there.

Fact #2264 · Psychology

The Milgram experiment examined how people respond to authority figures.

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