Every Brain Glitch You've Experienced (Explained)

A song that won't leave. A word you can't reach. A room you walked into for no reason at all. Your brain glitches every day. Eleven everyday brain glitches, what scientists think is going on, and which ones are still a mystery: the hypnic jerk, earworms, tip of the tongue, the doorway effect, phantom phone vibrations, déjà vu, jamais vu and semantic satiation, the frequency illusion, Troxler fading, the McGurk effect, and the door study and invisible gorilla. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:32 The falling jolt 1:09 Earworms 2:02 Tip of the tongue 2:31 The doorway 3:12 Phantom vibration 3:45 Déjà vu 4:32 Jamais vu 5:20 Seeing it everywhere 5:50 The fading trick 6:13 Eyes vs ears 6:43 The finale 7:40 Outro Sources Liikkanen (2012), Psychology of Music Jakubowski et al. (2017), earworm melodies Brown (1991), tip-of-the-tongue review; Heine, Ober & Shenaut (1999) Radvansky & Copeland (2006); McFadyen et al. (2021), BMC Psychology Rothberg et al. (2010), BMJ Brown (2003), Psychological Bulletin; Cleary et al. (2012); Cleary & Claxton (2018) Moulin et al. (2021), Memory (Ig Nobel 2023) Zwicky (2005), frequency illusion Troxler (1804); Martinez-Conde et al. (2006) McGurk & MacDonald (1976); Mallick et al. (2015) Simons & Levin (1998); Simons & Chabris (1999) General psychology for curiosity, not medical or mental health advice. Little Gray Matter explains why your brain does what it does, with simple drawings and real research. Subscribe for more. #brain #psychology #dejavu