10 phenomena of the mind that can happen to you

Today, although we know more about the neurological activity that makes a few decades, the mind, the human conscience, remains partly a mystery; but it is a mystery with some constants, phenomena of the mind that we can find in almost all human beings, such as the ten that we mention below.

10 phenomena of the mind that can happen to you

1. Deja vu

The deja vu is one of the most known and experienced phenomena of the mind: the feeling that you were already in a place where you first arrived, or that You have already experienced a situation, when in fact it is not like that.

It is considered by most psychologists as a memory abnormality , although for others it may be associated with memories of previous lives or places visited in dreams.

2.Reverse psychology or reactance

It consists of the impulse to do exactly the opposite of what they ask us to do.something for you to do, that's why it is also called “prohibited fruit” behavior.

10 phenomena of the mind that can happen to you

Explain that behavior of fairy tales where a character is told not to open a certain door, but opens it.

3.Effect of halo

It consists in the erroneous perception of the qualities or characteristics of another person from a single positive or negative trait.It is a very common attitude in the way we perceive those around us, and we could even add that the prejudices are based on this perception.

4.Pigmalion effect

The influence is thus referred to as the faith or support of a person exerts on the ability of another to achieve goals.For example, knowing that a teacher or tutor trusts in your ability to achieve a certain goal can effectively contribute to your achievement. This phenomenon has invaluable uses in the educational process .

5.Perspective effect

It is a cognitive phenomenon that began to be described especially in the wake of spaceflight.

10 phenomena of the mind that can happen to you

A good number of astronauts rep They said that by observing the planet Earth as a whole from space, floating with its thin atmosphere in the middle of an immense darkness, they had the perception that most human, political, cultural or personal problems are attenuated or disappear when notes that we have a common home, and that most of our limits and differences are artificial .

6.Spectator effect

Among the phenomena of the mind is one of the most common, especially in places where there are many people, such as spas or spectacles.The classic example would be someone drowning near a large group of people; nobody will want to launch immediately waiting for another to take the initiative, which can lead to the victim's death.In groups the need to act tends to be diluted .

7.Effect Spotlight

It is the tendency to overestimate the attention of other people on us.It is very common among teenagers, the belief that the world revolves around them and everything and everyone has to do with they , but occasionally you can also find adults affected by this egocentric phenomenon.

8.Cocktail effect

It is another one of those phenomena of the mind that occur in concentrations of mass or, in general, in very noisy places, such as discos or public demonstrations.It has the capacity to isolate itself from the surrounding noise and listen only to the companion, or the voice that says your name by the loudspeakers.

10 phenomena of the mind that can happen to you

It is an ability of the mind to isolate the surrounding noises and concentrate on those that interest you.

9.Loss of inhibition on line

It consists of the tendency to be more emotionally uninhibited and in other aspects when we communicate through social networks.On the Internet we tend to tell things that we would not do in personal contacts.But in reality it is not a phenomenon completely new, because something similar could occur in the epistolary exchanges of previous centuries.The novelty in this case would be that in the networks we disinhibit ourselves before known and unknown .

10.Illusory superiority

Although for years it has been said that the superiority complex does not exist, if it is possible that you are affected by the illusion of being superior to others, to overestimate your qualities and minimize your flaws .It cannot be considered completely a problem, although overestimating your capabilities may be a path to disaster, or to the presidency of the United States (an example would be Donald Trump, who believes himself superior to others in absolutely everything.)

As you can see, although each head is a world, there are many phenomena of the mind that we have in common.Have you had similar experiences to those just described?

Read also these mysteries of the human mind.

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