- When you hug someone longer than 20 seconds, oxytocin-the love hormone - gets released into your body that makes you trust the person you’re hugging [1].
- Psychologists at Princeton University discovered that students remembered reading material better when it was printed or written in an ugly, and difficult to read font. Because it forces our brain to work harder at integrating and encoding the inputs that are coming in. It makes us think, and the harder we think, the better we remember [2].
- Your conscious mind only has the capacity to hold 3 or 4 items at a time. You get overwhelmed by taking complex decisions. Can you use your microwave for freezing things – No, because the microwave is not designed to freeze things the same way your conscious mind is not designed to do the complex things [3].
- Scientists at the National Institute of Human Development and Child Health in Maryland recently found something extraordinary—the more actively a baby explores his/her environment, the more likely it is that he/she will go on to achieve academic success as an adult [4].
- If you are listening to one specific song or music while working, then the moment your mind listens to that song, it will automatically put you in the work zone and increase your focus. This magic will vanish if you listen to this song while doing something else [5].
- Researchers have found that your willpower can quickly be depleted while doing difficult tasks. So, relying on willpower alone is a mistake because it can only get you so far. But by finding an intrinsic source of motivation, you can recharge your motivational energy [6].
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