Tag: psychology
Illustrations With Hidden Images: Jumping Jacks For Your Brain
Optical illusions are always mind-trippy, but when artists and designers take it one step further to create negative space art or even logos with double meanings, it gets even more freakishly bizarre. I am always more blown away that some can create something like that than I am in the hidden images ...
Emoticons IRL: Wear Your Mood To Show Others How You Feel
According to Wikipedia, the emoticons we use online are pictorial representations of facial expressions using punctuation marks and letters, which are usually used to express our mood online. I use emoticons every day. Some of the more creative ones make me giggle each time I use them. Since these l ...
Finally! A Decent Time-Lapse Video Of A Bike Decomposing
Let me paint a picture for you. What do you think would happen in this situation? You have a beautiful bike with all the trimmings (bells, basket, lights, etc). You are riding it on the sidewalk in Soho (NYC), and you decide to chain it to a bike post while you go shopping. However, on this day, you ...
Drowning In Photos: Over 1,000,000 Flickr Photographs Printed
Do you remember back in the old days when we used to carry around a few photos in some plastic sleeves in our wallets? That was just a bit before I was old enough to share pictures so I never did that, but I remember seeing my father pull out his wallet and show pictures of his family to his friends ...
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The Angry Birds Addiction Explained [Infographic]
Let us focus on addiction for a moment. I am talking about gaming addiction. It's something wonderful, but at the same time, it's really annoying because no matter how much fun we might have, we can't seem to put down what we are doing to get some decent work done. For most people, it is only a smal ...
Woman Discovers How To Live Happily Without Any Money
What does it mean to be rich? Does it mean that a person has a lot of money? Does it mean having a big house with a lot of things in it? I know people who have an abundance of money, but their health isn't good. To me, that's not rich. There are also people who are completely broke but in perfect he ...
The Science Behind Smelly Robot Armpits
If there were robots that looked exactly like humans roaming the earth, would you be able to tell the difference? There have been some really cool science fiction movies with these kind of robots, and as fast as robot technology is developing, it's not inconceivable that someday we might all have ou ...
The Best Time Of Day To Tweet (To Get The Most RTs)
Twitter retweets are really quite fascinating once you start studying them. I find them interesting because the science behind them is not always what you'd expect. As you learn more about retweets, you'll find several twists and turns that don't seem obvious. I've written about this before in an ar ...
What Your Daily Preferences Reveal About Your Personality
We've all seen the little questionnaires that supposedly pinpoint different personality types. You know, the questions like, "Do you wear boxers or briefs?" or "Are you a dog person or a cat person?" I always think those are fun to read about people, but I also know they're just for fun. You can't r ...
Women’s Facebook Photos: A Mix Of Psychology & Photography
It's no surprise that the whole Facebook photo tagging phenomenon is continuing to affect our daily lives and how we view each other. Facebook is officially the world's largest photo album, and if you do a search on this site for Facebook, you'll see that we've written about the psychology behind it ...
What Your Computer Wallpaper Reveals About You
What does the wallpaper on your computer look like? Is it simple? Is it busy? Is it personal? Are your icons scattered all over the place like a messy desk, or do you have everything neatly organized? This is an interesting question because according to psychologists, our computer desktop says a lot ...
10 Colorful Right-Brain & Left-Brain Interpretations
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article entitled How We Use Our Brains. It contained a beautiful infographic which suggested we only use 20% of our brain. I've always heard we use 10% of our brain. So what is the other 80% or 90% made of? Richard suggested that it might be possible that the universe eq ...
How To: Think More Positive Thoughts
I've studied a lot about thoughts and thought patterns during my life. It's a topic that especially intrigued me when I was attending University, and I remember being in the library for many long nights completely fascinated by all the information available about how our brains work.
Our thoughts ...
Men vs. Women: Our Favorite Colors Based On Gender
Color, or the lack of it, is such a huge part of our lives. People spend a lot of time learning how to manipulate colors for photographs, or how to mix just the right colors for paint. When you think about it, we start being associated with colors even before we are born. Many times parents receive ...
How To: Determine Your Stress Level In 2 Seconds
Are you stressed out right now? How stressed are you? Are you "I need a vacation" stressed or "I need to go to the hospital" stressed? This is a way for you to find out in 2 seconds, thus avoiding a time consuming visit the doctor. Of course, this is all in good fun. I wouldn't trust this to make a ...