Boredom is cognitively demanding — the brain works hard to find stimulation, making it mentally exhausting.

The backfire effect describes resistance to contradictory information.

Fact #1497 · Psychology

The learned helplessness theory explains passivity after repeated failure.

Fact #1495 · Psychology

Your brain uses patterns to recognize faces almost instantly.

Fact #2058 · Psychology

Body language can communicate emotions without spoken words.

Fact #946 · Psychology

People are more likely to remember information that is emotionally charged.

Fact #943 · Psychology

Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

Fact #1801 · Psychology

Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

Fact #1780 · Psychology

Roughly 93% of communication is nonverbal in face-to-face interaction.

Fact #2772 · Psychology