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Evolution

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You fear social exclusion more than you admit.
A 2003 study indicated that even brief experiences of social rejection trigger activity in the brain's dorsal anterior…
You think faces are everywhere because your brain is overactive.
Pareidolia is the tendency to perceive meaningful patterns, such as faces, in random or ambiguous visual or auditory s…
Your brain prioritizes bad news over good news.
The negativity bias means that human cognition reacts more strongly to unpleasant stimuli than to positive ones of equ…
Your brain prioritizes negative news over positive feedback.
Negativity bias dictates that, across a variety of domains, negative information is processed more deeply and remember…
Your brain prioritizes bad news over good news.
A 2001 review confirmed that negative events, emotions, and interactions have a greater impact on your psychological s…
Your brain prioritizes threatening information over positive feedback.
A 2001 review demonstrated that negative events have a stronger and longer-lasting impact on the human psyche than pos…
Bad news is heavier than good news.
A 2008 review found that humans process negative stimuli faster, remember them longer, and react to them more intensel…