Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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Fingers prune underwater not because of them absorbing the water or washing away the oil, but because of an evolutionary trait caused by the brain to enhance the grip of your fingers underwater.
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Due to the angle at which the optic nerve enters the brain, staring at a blue surface during sex greatly increases the intensity of orgasms.
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Our brains have a negativity bias and will remember bad memories more than good ones.
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You can only remember 4 things at a time.
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When you fall in love, that 'high' feeling is caused by a flood of dopamine that is similar to that of cocaine.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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