Flow state — complete absorption in a challenging activity — was described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

Fact #2184 · Psychology

Memories are reconstructed each time you recall them.

Fact #1786 · Psychology

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

Fact #942 · Psychology

The placebo effect can produce measurable physiological changes.

Fact #1470 · Psychology

About 1 in 3 people talk to themselves regularly.

Fact #2784 · Psychology

The inattentional blindness phenomenon can hide obvious stimuli.

Fact #1493 · Psychology

Your brain uses patterns to recognize faces almost instantly.

Fact #1987 · Psychology

Memory recall can be influenced by suggestion.

Fact #982 · Psychology