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Fact The Dunning-Kruger effect is not quite what you think The most-shared psychology finding on the internet may be partly a statistical mirage. 1 min read Fact Splitting the brain can produce two centres of will One hand buttoned the shirt. The other unbuttoned it. 1 min read Fact Remembering something changes it The memory you trust most is the one you have edited most often. 1 min read Fact A mirror can relieve pain in a limb that is gone The hand was amputated years ago. It was still clenched, and it still hurt. 1 min read Fact Half of people miss a person swapping places mid-conversation A stranger asked you for directions. Then a different stranger finished the conversation. 1 min read Fact Sleep paralysis is your body’s own safety catch, caught in the open The terror that sits on your chest has been reported in nearly every culture on Earth. 1 min read Fact You cannot tickle yourself The reason is the same reason you can catch a ball. 1 min read Fact Bilingual people make colder moral choices in their second language The same dilemma, the same person, a different answer - depending on the language it was posed in. 1 min read Fact Your brain edits out the moment your eyes move You are blind for roughly two hours of every waking day, and you have never once noticed it. 1 min read Fact Naming a feeling turns its volume down Saying the words 'I am anxious about this' does something an hour of vague dread does not. 1 min read