The Homely Scientist

Ever wonder how your brain works?  Maybe how sometimes it doesn’t work?  So do the folks at Lifehack:

I think the brain is most interesting when it doesn’t work the way you expect it should. psychology often confirms our intuitions about how our minds work, but it offers quite a few surprises as well. Although some psychology buff’s will have heard a few of these before, here’s a list of quirks in your brain you probably didn’t realize you had: Source: Nine Brain Quirks You Didn’t Realize You Had - lifehack.org

Visit the page for the details on these nine quirks:

1) Your short-term memory has a max capacity of seven.

2) Chartreuse is the most visible color.

3) Your subconscious is smarter than you are.

4) You have two nervous systems.

5) Your brain is awful at probability.

6) Your memory isn’t great either.

7) You can perceive depth with one eye.

8 ) Long-term memory shuts down during sleep.

9) You have an instant playback feature.

 I’m still wondering about the chartreuse one … since it’s not a colour I run into a lot, how can I know it’s most visible.  And if it’s most visible…why isn’t there more of it?

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