10 Tricks Your Brain Is Playing On You Right Now

The video explores ten ways the brain can trick us, including selective filtering, the McGurk effect, saccadic masking, gambler's fallacy, typoglycemia, inattentional blindness, resisting correction, false memories, pareidolia, and subconscious decision-making. Each section delves into how these phenomena affect perception, memory, and decision-making, highlighting the brain's complex processes and potential pitfalls.

What is the role of the thalamus in selective filtering?

• It amplifies all sensory inputs.

• It filters out unimportant sensory information.

• It enhances auditory signals over visual ones.

• It processes only visual information.

How does the McGurk effect demonstrate the interaction between senses?

• It illustrates that visual input can change how we hear sounds.

• It proves that taste can alter visual perception.

• It shows that hearing is always more reliable than vision.

• It indicates that touch can override auditory signals.

What is the Gambler's Fallacy?

• The notion that probability changes with each attempt.

• The assumption that winning is always due to skill.

• The idea that luck can be controlled.

• The belief that past events affect future probabilities.

What does Typoglycemia reveal about our reading abilities?

• Reading is impossible without clear spacing.

• We need to see the first and last letters in place to read.

• Our brains can understand words even if letters are jumbled.

• We can only read words in perfect order.

What is inattentional blindness?

• The inability to see in low light conditions.

• The failure to notice unexpected objects when focused elsewhere.

• The tendency to forget things quickly.

• The habit of ignoring familiar objects.

How does resisting correction relate to confirmation bias?

• It suggests that people resist information that challenges their beliefs.

• It shows that people are open to new ideas.

• It implies that people always accept factual information.

• It indicates that people prefer to be proven wrong.

What does the concept of false memories suggest about our recollections?

• Memories are stored in a single part of the brain.

• Memories never change over time.

• Memories are a mix of real events and constructed details.

• All memories are completely accurate.