What is psychology?
It is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior.
True or False - Sweating can temporarily shrink the brain.
True - An hour and a half of sweating can temporarily shrink brain size as much as one year of aging does.
True or False - The brain generates between 12 and 25 watts of electricity.
True - that’s enough to power a low wattage light bulb!
True or False - Severe depression increases the aging process in cells, thus causing biological aging.
True
It has been psychologically proven that falling in love in takes _______ minutes.
4
A single negative thing can only be outweighed by at least _________ positive things.
5
True or False - Food made by someone else tastes better than your own cooking, despite having the same recipe.
True
True or False - People aged between 18 and 33 carry the most amount of stress in the world.
True - after the age of 33, stress levels tend to reduce.
True or False - Germany is the most depressed country in the world.
False, it's France.
True or False - A broken heart could be a real cause of death.
True - it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy
The brain is composed of ______% water.
73% - It only takes 2 percent dehydration to affect your attention and memory.
The average brain has between __,000 and __,000 thoughts a day.
50,000 and 70,000 thoughts a day. Upsettingly, the majority (an estimated 60-70 percent) of the thoughts are negative.
True or False - Men have twice as many pain receptors on their bodies than women
False - women have twice as many pain receptors on their bodies than men, but they have a much higher pain tolerance.
True or False - People who speak two languages may unconsciously shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another.
True
True or False - Being alone for a long time is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
True
