Automatic processing — unconscious parallel computation — handles most of what the brain does.

The recency effect explains why recent information is remembered more easily.

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Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

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The Milgram experiment examined how people respond to authority figures.

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Your brain uses patterns to recognize faces almost instantly.

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Your brain predicts events before you consciously experience them.

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The Asch experiments highlighted the power of social conformity.

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Memories are reconstructed each time you recall them.

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People often misjudge how others perceive them.

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