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If you want to ruin someone's weekend, give them an easy puzzle and rip it away right before they finish. The Zeigarnik effect states that our working memory…
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You cannot remember anything before your third birthday, and no, it is not because nothing happened. As you grew, rapid developmental changes in your mental…
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The serial position curve ensures the middle children of data are aggressively ignored. Lacking the novelty of the first items and the immediate buffer of the…
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Boldly quoting a profound scientific number without realizing you actually read it in a satirical comic strip. Your brain holds tightly onto the juicy data…
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If you peak in your twenties, your mind ensures you never forget it. The reminiscence bump is a quirk where older adults disproportionately recall events from…
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Normal, practical information goes straight into the mental trash can. However, if you picture a giant purple elephant riding a unicycle, your mind will…
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