Weird Things Your Brain Does Without Telling You | Boring Psychology for Sleep

In 1999, half the people watching a short video missed a gorilla walking right through the middle of it. Your brain hides things like that from you every single day. Tonight, the Keeper lights his lantern and opens the East Wing of the mind palace: 22 quiet rooms, each holding one strange, everyday thing your brain does, told slowly and calmly and backed by real research. Learn something gentle while you drift off. The screen dims as the night goes on, and the palace falls asleep with you. 📚 THE RESEARCH BEHIND TONIGHT'S ROOMS • Simons & Chabris (1999) – the invisible gorilla: https://doi.org/10.1068/p281059 • Simons & Levin (1998) – the door study: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208840 • Wason (1960) – the 2-4-6 task: https://doi.org/10.1080/1747021600841... • Tversky & Kahneman (1974) – anchoring: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.185.4... • Cherry (1953) – the cocktail party problem: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1907229 • Moray (1959) – hearing your own name: https://doi.org/10.1080/1747021590841... • Hadjikhani et al. (2009) – faces in objects: https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e328... • Norton, Mochon & Ariely (2012) – the IKEA effect: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2011.0... • Jecker & Landy (1969) – the Ben Franklin effect: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726769022... • Rosenthal & Jacobson (1968) – Pygmalion in the classroom: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02322211 • Kruger & Dunning (1999) – unskilled and unaware: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.77.... • Kahneman et al. (1993) – the peak-end rule: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1... • Prasad & Bainbridge (2022) – the visual Mandela effect: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797622110... • Tversky & Kahneman (1971) – belief in the law of small numbers: https://doi.org/10.1037/h0031322 • Schkade & Kahneman (1998) – the focusing illusion: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.00066 • Quoidbach, Gilbert & Wilson (2013) – the end of history illusion: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1229294 • Murre & Dros (2015) – replicating Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.... • Jakubowski et al. (2017) – what makes an earworm: https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000090 • Wildschut et al. (2006) – nostalgia: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.91.... • Stickgold et al. (2000) – the Tetris effect: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5... • Lacaux et al. (2021) – the creative sweet spot of sleep: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj5866 • Yarrow et al. (2001) – the stopped clock illusion: https://doi.org/10.1038/35104551 • Diana Deutsch – the speech-to-song illusion: https://deutsch.ucsd.edu/asa/asa156th... Also mentioned: Ebbinghaus, Memory (1885) · Severance & Washburn (1907) and Lambert & Jakobovits (1960) on words losing their meaning · Zwicky (2005) on the frequency illusion · Ariely, Loewenstein & Prelec (2003) · Strack & Mussweiler (1997) · Benjamin Franklin's autobiography · Johannes Hofer (1688). ⚠️ For learning and relaxation only. This video is not medical or psychological advice. 🎨 Narration and story written for Sleepy Mind Palace. Illustrations and animations are AI-assisted and designed by us. 🌙 A new wing of the palace opens every week. Subscribe so you never miss a night. #BoringPsychologyForSleep #PsychologyForSleep #SleepStory #FallAsleep #SleepyMindPalace