Psychology facts

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- there's such a thing named cuteness aggression which we have with things we deem cute such as puppies, or babies. This is because we're overcome with positive feelings and the slight aggression balances out the feelings

- eye pupils rise 45% when we look at someone we love

- hearing one negative thing can damage at least 5 positive memories

- the heart broken condition which is also known as stress cardiomyopathy can lead to rapidly weakened heart muscles after experiencing sudden acute stress

- if an individual creates a plan B then plan A is less likely to work

- phobias may be memories which are passed down by ancestors in our DNA.

- around 6% of the population have Narcissistic personality disorder

- romantic love has similar effects to cocaine

- hypnic jerks are the sudden jolts you feel when you're falling asleep which can be caused by many things such as anxiety, caffeine, stress or fatigue

- the human attention span is shorter than a goldfish

- memories can start forming in the womb

- sweating can temporarily shrink the brain

- the Milgrim experiment proved that people will inflict pain onto others if they are instructed to do so by an authority figure