The Mind works in a Funny Way! See for yourself..

Have you faced the situation when you are at one place and your mind somewhere else? I am sure you must have experienced it! Don’t Worry, you are not the only one. There are plenty sailing in the same boat.

Infact there is a huge possibility that your mind might be thinking something else while you are reading this article. Is that so?

Let see some convincing examples of this very phenomenon.

1.) Remembering things that didn’t actually happen.

“False memories” can be planted in our brain just by using the right inference, which is what makes witness testimonies a tricky thing.

2.) Seeing, hearing, smelling or tasting something that isn’t there.

Sleep deprivation leads to snoring as per https://snorebay.com/, and also cause hallucinations. Hallucinations are more common that you might think, regardless of how you spent your time in the 1960s. They’re most common in people with sleep disorders, occurring while trying to fall asleep or just waking up. Ever jolt awake from half-asleep because you felt like you were falling?

3.) Searching for patterns that don’t exist.

In 2008, Science Magazine published a study where participants were able to “see” things in TV static when they were feeling a loss of control with the world around them.

4.) Words start to sound meaningless when said over and over again.

Known as “semantic satiation,” this mental phenomenon has been studied since the early 1900s.

5.) Working against you in finding your own typos.

While reading, our brains don’t register every letter on a regular basis. The more familiar you are with something, like your own work, the more your brain skips over bits and pieces to get to the gist of things.

6.) Believing your horoscope is specifically about you.

Known as the “Forer effect,” it’s named after Bertram Forer who uncovered this uncanny feeling of reliability when it comes to blanket, vague statements like in a horoscope.

7.) Thinking someone else’s idea is your own.

Known as cryptomnesia, memories get hidden in your mind and cause you to accidentally plagiarize someone else’s idea simply because you forgot they came up with it first like in the case of musician George Harrison

8.) Feeling someone’s pain when you see them get hurt.

Sympathy pains, actually feeling the sensation while watching someone get hurt, really do effect a substantial minority of individuals according to this 2009 study by Pain Journal.

9.) Having a song stuck in your head.

This can be triggered by a number of things such as the obvious repeated exposure to a song, or having a person, situation, or feeling remind you of a certain catchy tune for your brain to fixate on.

10.) Allowing the color of your food affect the way it tastes.

Your mind communicates with your taste buds based on the way your food looks, which is probably why this ketchup never took off.