Psychological Facts That You Must Know

Our brains help us interpret the environment, recognize everyone and everything, learn new knowledge, and ironically, we don’t know how much our brains work.

The term ‘psychology‘ has been derived from the Greek word ‘psyche’ translating as ‘breath, spirit, soul’ and ‘logia’ which corresponds to ‘study of.

Here are some psychological facts:

• Individuals who have a deep sense of guilt are better at identifying the emotions and concerns of the people around them.

• Yawning to have someone else’s yawn is a normal phenomenon, despite not feeling exhausted or asleep.

• Food prepared by someone else tastes much better than your own preparation, even if it's the same recipe.

• If you sob out of happiness, the first tear will come from the right eye, but if you cry out of sorrow, it will come from the left.

• Hearing a single negative thing could damage at least five positive memories.

• The smarter the individual, the more selective they become.

• People who speak two languages can unintentionally change their personalities when they switch speaking from one language to another.

• People would rather change the truth than change their views about people.

• We’re the most imaginative at night and the least creative during the day.

• People are more likely to blame someone in the case when something negative happens.

• People between the ages of 18 and 33 are the highest percentage to have depression in the world.

• Anything that your mind says has an identical response from the body’s cells.

• It is also found that staying optimistic about the future can powerfully shield people from physical and mental illness.

• Being happy around people makes you happier.

• The brain experiences rejection as physical discomfort.

• Chocolate discharges the chemical Oxytocin which is the same chemical your body produces when you are happy.

• Happiness, rage, sorrow, anxiety, disgust, and surprise are the six feelings that are uniformly conveyed.

• The sight of water has a very calming and soothing effect on people which makes them experience happiness and calming thoughts and be even more imaginative.

• People seem to be happy when they’re kept busy, as this keeps them from worrying about bad problems in life.

• Letting yourself feel the negative emotions and feelings related to an event in your life might actually help you move past it faster.