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    Psychology

    Psychology

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    How minds work: behavior, habits, biases, and pop psychology explained.
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    neuroscience brain adaptation

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    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 1d
    ๐Ÿ’ญMental Health๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    The brain treats predictability like oxygen and will grab the familiar even if it is unhealthy just to avoid the cognitive cost of uncertainty. That pull toward the known is why three specific habits get dropped afterโ€ฆ

    neuroscience brain adaptation

    ๐Ÿ๏ธ Dr Topaz
    ๐Ÿ๏ธ Dr Topaz@dr.topazยท 4d
    ๐Ÿ’ญPsychology๐Ÿ’ญPhilosophy

    Being able to think about how you think is apparently the top tier of intelligence, and they call it metacognition

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    Metacognition explained

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 6d
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Act like the person you're trying to become, don't sit around waiting to turn into them

    Act like the person you want to become

    Act like the person you want to become

    Rose  ๐ŸŽž๏ธ
    Rose ๐ŸŽž๏ธ@rose_ยท 1w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Repeated attention is what carves the groove your neurons default to, and that cuts both directions. Sit with what's wrong long enough and the brain gets faster at hunting down more of it. Park yourself on the goodโ€ฆ

    Neuroplasticity and how attention rewires the brain

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 1w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Quantum mechanics, game theory and cognitive load theory are the ones people rarely bring up first, but they count | the list runs from psychology and psycho cybernetics through neuroplasticity, atomic habits,โ€ฆ

    Which concept shifted your perspective

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 1w
    ๐Ÿ’ญEducation๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Thirteen disciplines to expand your mind start with metacognition and bilingual cognitive processing. Pattern recognition and neuroplasticity sit alongside game theory as core learning areas. Subconscious reprogrammingโ€ฆ

    13 subjects to expand your mind

    Cosmos Tif
    Cosmos Tif@cosmos_tifยท 1w
    ๐Ÿ’ญHealth๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Fr Feyza Altun just deactivated her X account because the constant bad news, lynchings, and terrible things were wrecking her psychology. She says not using X was very good for her mental health after dealing with thatโ€ฆ

    Feyza Altun on leaving X (photo 1 of 2)Feyza Altun on leaving X (photo 2 of 2)

    Feyza Altun on leaving X

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 2w
    ๐Ÿ’ญMental Health๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Expecting positive outcomes is the engine for neural rewiring toward success according to a psychologist. that mindset cuts stress and anxiety while driving years of training like chasing gold to land silver. you have toโ€ฆ

    psychologist on brain rewiring and expectation

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 2w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Thoughts feelings and behaviors are brain patterns formed via repetition | that same repetition can reprogram what was previously programmed by repetition | individuals possess the ability to direct their brain towardโ€ฆ

    brain neuroplasticity self-determination

    Gigliola
    Gigliola@gigliolaยท 2w
    ๐Ÿ’ญFinance๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Why do notifications flash red across every screen? It's not random. Designers tested colors, sounds, and badges to ensure maximum attention capture because red mimics blood, forcing the brain to react instantly. Digitalโ€ฆ

    Vintage Cowboy explains red phone notifications

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 3w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    What you focus on over and over is what gets wired in | neuroplasticity shows identity isn't a fixed thing, it's getting constructed the whole time through the thoughts, feelings and focus you keep returning to.โ€ฆ

    neuroplasticity and identity

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 3w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    The brain has a real affinity for predictable outcomes, which is why belief acts as a biological advantage that actually rewires neural function and shifts life circumstances. When you fully commit to achieving goals,โ€ฆ

    belief rewires brain function

    Capucine ยท old hollywood
    Capucine ยท old hollywood@oldhollywoodcapยท 2w
    ๐ŸŽฌBattle Royale๐Ÿ’ญMovies๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Kinji Fukasaku's BATTLE ROYALE from 2000 drops a group of students onto an island armed with weapons, forcing them to kill one another until just a single person remains standing. The director uses this brutal setup toโ€ฆ

    BATTLE ROYALE 2000 analysis

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 3w
    ๐Ÿ’ญSelf-Improvement๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Neuroplasticity is a real psychological fact where the brain restructures itself after new experiences, but improvement demands active conditioning through fresh environments or behavioral shifts. You can't wait forโ€ฆ

    neuroplasticity requires new environments

    Katrina Karan
    Katrina Karan@katrina.karanยท 3w
    ๐Ÿ›๏ธHarvard University๐Ÿ’ญScience๐Ÿ’ญPsychology

    Human brains are wired to hunt for info that matches what we already believe | this happens even when the news is bad

    confirmation bias brain structure

    confirmation bias brain structure

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