7 Mind-Blowing Psychological Facts You Didnt Know About

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These psychological facts will denitely blow your mind!

Psychologists and neuroscientists are constantly nding out fascinating new psychological facts about the brain
and some of them have signicant implications for your manifestation potential.

Heres the science behind 7 mind-blowing psychological facts, along with explanations of how you can use these
facts to your advantage when working with the Law of Attraction.

1. You Have Inattention Blindness

Inattention blindness is the phenomenon whereby people frequently miss signicant changes in their visual eld.
This is why youre not always consciously aware of signicant things that are actually right in front of you.

So, even if you think it should be obvious if youve met your soulmate (for example), the truth is that you might not
even have noticed this persons rst appearance on the scene!

Make a concentrated eort to look harder for signs, opportunities and important lessons that the Universe is
sending.

And keep an open mind. Because in addition to inattention blindness our brain is also often guilty of only focusing
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on seeing things from one perspective.

The image above is just one of many examples of how your eyes and brain can fool you. When you rst looked at it,
did you see a man standing sideways (his prole) or did you see a partial frontal shot? You had to look again to see
a dierent version of the image, didnt you?

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2. Most Of Your Decisions Are Made Unconsciously

When you do things like pro and con lists, you think these are what inuence your eventual decision, whether youre
making a purchase or choosing a life path.

In truth, unconscious decision-making factors are more powerful (such as the potential for social validation, or
what will help you maintain a consistent persona).

For example, when you are buying that new laptop, you think you are basing your decision on the research youve
done. That you have logically analyzed all the relevant factors: the price, the warranty and return policies, what
programs you are going to install, how much space you will need etc.

But really your nal decision will depend a lot on your unconscious mental processing.

For example, I have always wanted this particular one, because I have seen it in lms and it looked cool (social
validation) or I like to have the newest gadgets, so I am going to buy the most recent version even though I dont
necessarily need it right now (personality).

This doesnt mean that unconscious decision-making is bad or irrational. It simply helps our conscious mind
which sometimes struggles to process the overwhelming amount of data were getting every day. This is why we
have developed instincts that we should take into consideration when making a decision.

But, even though its crucial to trust your gut, youll also benet from working to train the subconscious part of
your mind to think more positively (by doing things like creating an environment thats conducive to favorable and
optimistic unconscious responses).

Start by nding any subconscious success blockers that you might have and eliminate them.

If it is hard for you to see what limiting beliefs you have (but feel like there is a constant nagging voice at the back of
your head stopping you from achieving your goal), take this quick free test right now. Answer 8 questions and get a
video report detailing which 1 of 3 sneaky success blockers is standing in your way.

This is the only way youll become a more positive person overalland therefore more capable of manifesting your
intentions.

3. You Read Faster With A Longer Line LengthBut Prefer Shorter

Research shows that if you want to read faster, 100 characters per line is the optimal length. However, you will
actually prefer reading a shorter length of 45-72 characters per line.

This is really useful to know when youre making inspirational signs or post-it notes for yourself, or when youre
deciding how to design your dream board.

Youll have a more positive psychological experience with a shorter line length.

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4. You Can Only Remember 3-4 Things At A Time

Although you might think you can remember about 10 things at once, all the latest studies on human memory and
information processing show that you can really only remember 3-4.

Given this fact about how your brain works, dont waste your time by trying to focus on a dozen things at once.

If, for example, you have a list of ten things you want to do this week to move closer to manifesting your dream,
dedicate the full force of your attention to just 3-4 for now.

Similarly, when youre keeping a gratitude journal, just write down 3-4 things from the day, and keep those in your
mind as you fall asleep.

Also, it is good to know that you can only hold these 3-4 things in your mind for about 20 seconds without
having to repeat them or really focus on them.

Here is a simple example. What do you do when someone gives you a phone number to remember (or even an
address that has fewer numbers in it)? You keep repeating it to yourself until you nd a pen to write it down. This is a
natural reaction of our brain.

So when you are practicing armations, it is important to keep repeating them for a few minutes, so that they really
stay in your mind.

Another interesting thing to remember is that researchers have found out that people also have trouble choosing
between more than 3 to 4 items at a time. Next time when you look at the menu, notice how you get a little bit lost
when there are more than 4 types of say teas or cocktails to choose from.

This again means that when you are setting goals and objectives for yourself, you really need to choose less than 4
of them. Otherwise, you will nd it really dicult to focus on them and prioritize them.

(You can start practicing this right now. We have a list of 7 psychological facts in this article dont try to
immediately remember all of them. Choose 3-4 that are going to be the most useful for you and strat implementing
them).

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5. You Imagine Objects From Above And Tilted

Imagining objects from above and tilted is called taking the Canonical Perspective. It was discovered back in the
1980s, and modern research still backs the claim that this is the default way that people create mental images.

Heres a little experiment you can conduct yourself. Ask your friends to draw a cup of tea. 9 out of 10 will draw
something similar to the picture on the left. From a perspective slightly above and looking down on the cup. As well
as oset a little to the left or to the right.

Now, how many people drew what you see in the picture on the right? Not many, right? The question is why.

You may think that this is because we are all used to looking at the cup from a certain angle and this is the rst
image of it that comes to mind. But this research has been conducted with many other objects as well, and the
results were the same. So it is a universal trait that we imagine objects from a canonical perspective.

When youre using Law of Attraction techniques like creative visualization, this is likely the same perspective you
use to imagine your ideal work environment, the possessions you want to acquire, or your dream partner.

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Armed with this knowledge, you can deliberately encourage your brain to take other perspectives for more eective
and varied visualization.

The more perspectives the better, but you might have to work at adopting these dierent ways of imagining!

6. You Reconstruct Your Memories

Neuroscientists and psychologists working on the nature of memory have shown that our memories arent like movie
clips that we access repeatedlyinstead, theyre nerve pathways that re anew every single time we recall an
event, which means they can change.

When working with the Law of Attraction, what this means is that theres no need to focus on the negative events
from the pastyou can actively choose to change the way you see a memory, rather than accepting that its
meaning and associated feelings are set in stone.

7. You Cant Actually Multi-Task

If youre full of excitement about what youre working to achieve, it makes sense that might start trying to accomplish
everything at once!

This can feel like a super-productive way to work, but ndings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences show that we can only attend to a single event at any one time.

So, youll be best at using the Law of Attraction to your advantage if you choose one aspect of your dream to pursue
at any given moment. Even more importantly, make sure you only set one manifestation goal at a time. Otherwise,
you simply reduce your power to manifest each of the things.

What do you think about these psychological facts? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

Originally written by Katherine Hurst and published on The Law Of Attraction

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