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What is the average number of thoughts we have per day?
Approximately 70.000 thoughts per day.
What is the Phantom Vibration Syndrome?
It’s when you feel you’re phone vibrating in your pocket or bag, even if it didn’t.
What are negative automatic thoughts?
They’re a product of the brain trying to protect us.
What is inattentional blindness?
It’s when we don’t see something that’s clearly in front of us because we’re paying attention to something else.
What is confirmation bias?
Confirmation bias is the tendency to look for, believe, and remember information that supports what we already think, while ignoring or dismissing information that contradicts our beliefs.
What is the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behavior?
Our thoughts can affect our emotions, behaviors, and daily lives.
Mention one area where selective attention is useful.
Marketing, advertisement, education, psychology, sports…
What is the purpose of selective attention?
Selective attention is a mental process that helps us filter what we focus on.
How does social media affect our brains?
It releases dopamine, the “feel good” hormone.
What is the connection between selective attention and feelings?
Your feelings can interfere in your selective attention. For example, you might not hear someone calling your name when you’re too worried or daydreaming.
What are the names of the colors we learned about from the Himba people?
Zoozu and dambu.
What is the problem with spending too much time on the internet? Think about its effects on your brain.
The excess dopamine released in your brain makes you want to spend more and more time online, and less time doing other things.
Why do the Himba people consider that the grass and the sky are the same color?
Because they see the colors green and blue as the same color: zoozu.
Why can the Himba people spot different shades of green faster than English speakers?
Because they see “dambu” as a completely different color, not just a shade of green.
Why do our brains sometimes create false memories?
Because our brains don’t work like a video recording. It uses previous experiences, emotion, pieces of information, and expectations. This can sometimes create a memory of something that never happened.