Learned helplessness occurs when repeated failures cause a person to stop trying, even when success is possible.

Your memories can be altered without you realizing it.

Fact #2251 · Psychology

The placebo effect can produce measurable physiological changes.

Fact #1470 · Psychology

Memories are reconstructed each time you recall them.

Fact #1786 · Psychology

Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

Fact #2132 · Psychology

Short-term memory typically holds only a limited number of items at once.

Fact #942 · Psychology

People often misjudge how others perceive them.

Fact #972 · Psychology

About 40% of people have experienced sleep paralysis at least once.

Fact #2792 · Psychology

Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

Fact #1986 · Psychology