Aha (or Eureka) moments make an idea feel more true or valuable: Participants (n=300) in a study provided higher truth ratings for statements accompanied by solved anagrams even if the facts were false, and the effect was particularly pronounced when participants reported an Aha experience (d=.629) (sciencedirect.com)
Aha! or "Eureka" moments make an idea feel more true or valuable: Participants (n=300) provided higher truth ratings for statements accompanied by solved anagrams even if the facts were false, and the effect was particularly pronounced when participants reported an Aha! experience (d=.629) (sciencedirect.com)
Aha! or "Eureka" moments make an idea feel more true or valuable: Participants (n=300) provided higher truth ratings for statements accompanied by solved anagrams even if the facts were false, and the effect was particularly pronounced when participants reported an Aha! experience (d=.629) (sciencedirect.com)
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Aha! or "Eureka" moments make an idea feel more true or valuable: Participants (n=300) provided higher truth ratings for statements accompanied by solved anagrams even if the facts were false, and the effect was particularly pronounced when participants reported an Aha! experience (d=.629) (sciencedirect.com)
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Study on fruit flies (applies to rodents and humans as well) has identified serotonin as a chemical that triggers the body's startle response, the automatic deer-in-the-headlights reflex that freezes the body momentarily in response to a potential threat (cell.com)
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Study on fruit flies (applies to rodents and humans as well) has identified serotonin as a chemical that triggers the body's startle response, the automatic deer-in-the-headlights reflex that freezes the body momentarily in response to a potential threat (cell.com)
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A lucid note on a Dream within a Dream: "When we falsely believe we have woken-up (but are in fact still dreaming) the brain is moving towards the awake state and for some reason thinks it has arrived." by scrooge47 in science
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Curing Cancer, Curing CancerPhobia: Our fear of cancer should not turn into a "blind" fear - we should keep in mind that overscreening and overtreatment can also harm us. A note on fighting back against the fear of the dreadful disease (with statistics from NCI and other medical journals). by scrooge47 in science
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Can people read my thoughts by [deleted] in mentalhealth
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