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The mind, observed from inside.
Psychology
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Everything in this thread
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The thought you keep circling
Why the mind returns to a problem it has no intention of solving, and what actually interrupts the loop.
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Boredom is information
It isn't the absence of stimulation. It's a signal about meaning, and it's worth reading before you reach for your phone.
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You forget most of a lecture within a day
Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve: retention drops sharply within 24 hours, then flattens. Spacing and retrieval are what bend it.
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Curiosity improves memory for unrelated things
Gruber and colleagues, 2014 — states of high curiosity boosted recall for incidental material learned at the same time.
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Cognitive dissonance
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Anhedonia
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Metacognition
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Loss aversion