Every Weird Thing Your Brain Does Every Day

Why do you forget why you walked into a room? Why does your phone buzz when nobody texted? And why can't you stop seeing faces in your morning coffee? In this video, we go through every weird thing your brain does every day, and what's actually going on inside your head each time. But watch closely: one of them has been happening to you the entire video. 0:00 Intro 0:24 The Doorway Effect 1:32 Tip of the Tongue 2:24 Deja Vu 3:36 The Frequency Illusion (Baader-Meinhof) 4:32 Semantic Satiation 5:30 Phantom Vibrations 6:21 Earworms 7:14 Pareidolia 8:03 Unfinished Tasks (Zeigarnik Effect) 9:18 The Invisible Gorilla Did you spot what was changing before the end? Be honest in the comments. Watch next: Every Weird Thing Your Brain Does While You Sleep Sources: Doorway effect: Radvansky et al. (2011) Tip of the tongue: Schwartz (1999) Deja vu: Brown (2003); O'Connor et al. (2016) Frequency illusion: Zwicky (2005) Semantic satiation: Jakobovits James (1962) Phantom vibrations: Drouin et al. (2012) Earworms: Liikkanen (2012); Beaman et al. (2015) Pareidolia: Liu et al. (2014) Unfinished tasks: Zeigarnik (1927); Ghibellini & Meier (2023); Scullin et al. (2018) Invisible gorilla: Simons & Chabris (1999); Simons & Levin (1998) #psychology #brain Be honest: when did you notice the painting behind me? 1. I caught it early 2. Only when he said something was changing 3. Not until the very end 4. I still don't see it