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fromSilicon Canals
1 week ago

Psychology says people who still remember exactly where they were when JFK was shot or 9/11 happened aren't clinging to a date on the calendar - they're carrying the exact coordinates of the moment their understanding of the world was permanently rewritten, and the reason those details never fade is because your brain wasn't recording the tragedy, it was recording the last version of you that existed before you knew the world could break like that - Silicon Canals

Flashbulb memories are memories that are affected by our emotional state. Your brain takes a snapshot when the ground shifts under your feet, and that snapshot includes everything—the smell of coffee going cold in your cup holder, the static on the radio, the way your hands suddenly felt too heavy.
Writing
OMG science
fromNature
1 week ago

Daily briefing: Youthifying 'mirror' brings back more vivid childhood memories

Thermal imaging reveals night-flying birds' movements, aiding in understanding their vulnerabilities to threats like wind turbines and light pollution.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Kemi Badenoch's memory wipe and the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind | John Crace

Kemi Badenoch has shown a noticeable softening in her demeanor and approach as Conservative party leader, appearing more comfortable and user-friendly.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

3 Ways a Good Memory Becomes a Curse

Human memory reconstructs experiences through emotion, bias, and prediction rather than recording them accurately, making vivid memories prone to distortion and false beliefs despite feeling reliable.
Philosophy
fromMail Online
2 months ago

Scientist claims your memories are merely illusions

The Boltzmann Brain hypothesis proposes that current memories may be spontaneous random-fluctuation brain states rather than reliable records of an external past.
Mindfulness
Forgetting is essential for human functioning, filtering irrelevant information and enabling emotional recovery, though it creates practical problems with necessary tasks that require deliberate memory strategies.
US politics
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Destructive Effects of Misinformation on the Human Brain

Misinformation undermines the brain's capacity for accurate reasoning and perception, amplified by Internet and AI, producing cognitive, behavioral, and safety harms.
Higher education
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why "Do Your Own Research" Is Bad Advice

Research requires at least a rigorous literature review; reading to inform oneself is educating, not full research, which demands specific review skills and evaluation.
Law
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Video evidence and eye witness accounts: The science behind why people see different things

The same police dashcam footage of a 2007 high-speed chase and collision produced sharply different interpretations, culminating in the Supreme Court ruling for the officer.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Can the Mere Sight of Something Tempting Affect Your Memory?

Heavier drinkers show attention narrowing: alcohol images are remembered better but impair memory for immediately subsequent items.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Psychology says people who grew up without digital reminders often maintain these 9 internal memory systems - Silicon Canals

Adults who matured before smartphones developed internal cognitive systems—spatial mental maps and narrative memory chains—that shape how they process, retain, and organize information.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Nostalgia isn't actually about wanting to go back - it's your mind's way of proving to itself that you were once capable of the kind of joy and purpose that feels impossible now. - Silicon Canals

You know that ache you get when you stumble across evidence of your past self being genuinely, effortlessly happy? It's not that you want to go back. Not really. I think what kills you is the proof staring back at you - proof that you were once capable of feeling that alive, that connected, that certain about where you belonged in the world.
Psychology
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