Nine amazing brain quirks
You probably didn't know about the following amazing things going on in your brain. Here they are, as a short list:
- Your short-term memory has a max capacity of seven.
- Chartreuse is the most visible color.
- Your subconscious is smarter than you are.
- You have two nervous systems.
- Your brain is awful at probability.
- Your memory isn’t great either.
- You can perceive depth with one eye.
- Long-term memory shuts down during sleep.
- You have an instant playback feature.
What captured my attention most particularly was the instant playback feature. Years ago, I would constantly ask people who had just spoken to me: "What?", leaving them baffled. And then I noticed that, if I waited one or two seconds after hearing what they just said, I could tell.
True.