{"id":99154,"date":"2022-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleksawn.bget.ru\/10-tryukov-kotorye-mozhno-provernut-na-sobstvennom-mozgu\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:22:35","slug":"10-trials-you-can-test-on-your-own-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukvaved.top\/en\/10-tryukov-kotorye-mozhno-provernut-na-sobstvennom-mozgu\/","title":{"rendered":"10 tricks you can play on your own brain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your brain is almost always there when you need it, except when you find yourself chemically altered, extremely tired, or overly in love with an attractive person you're trying to impress. And while this miracle of biology can accomplish incredible things, the fact is, your brain is only human. If you try hard enough, you can play a few tricks with it, which is doubly impressive since it helps you perform those tricks in the first place. Let's check out ten of the most impressive ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The hanger reflex can cause your head to turn involuntarily.<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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Internet trends, memes, and viral videos come and go. Yesterday's Ice Bucket Challenge becomes tomorrow's Yanny\/Laurel. And in May 2023, the coolest thing going for two weeks was<\/span> Hanger Challenge<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

The premise was as simple as it was incredible. Place a wire hanger around your head, and it will make your head turn whether you want it to or not. No one believed it was real, so everyone had to try it themselves and then post videos of their results. Thus, a viral trend emerged, as the number of videos skyrocketed, fueled by widespread disbelief that the bizarre effect could even be genuine. But it was! If you tighten the hanger around your head just right, it will actually make your head turn involuntarily. At least for most people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although this phenomenon became a trend in 2022, this phenomenon was recognized much earlier and was even written about in<\/span> scientific articles<\/span> back in 2015. It was even shown on Japanese television back in<\/span> In 1995<\/span> .<\/span> There were hangers and heads. He just never got this much press before.<\/span><\/p>\n

When one side of the frontotemporal region of your head is compressed, movements are involuntary, but the exact reason is unclear. However, more than 95% people in the study experienced sensitivity, while only 4.2% seemed unresponsive.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Sunglasses can trick you and make you happier<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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Do people wearing sunglasses seem happier to you than other people? It's entirely possible they are, and it's not just because they look cool. Sunglasses trick your brain into thinking you're happier.<\/span><\/p>\n

The power of sunglasses is tied to how human emotions work. You've probably heard some people say they wear their heart on their sleeve, and perhaps you yourself aren't so good at hiding your emotions. The way we look and act can influence how we feel, and a simple frown can make you feel sad or even angry and aggressive. And to be clear, you don't necessarily have to frown because you're sad or angry. Bright sunlight in your eyes will make you squint and frown, and this gesture is enough to actually trigger negative emotions.<\/span> emotions<\/span> , associated with a frowning look.<\/span><\/p>\n

Study participants who wore sunglasses reported that they were generally<\/span> less angry and aggressive<\/span> , than those who didn't wear them. This seems consistent with other studies that suggest that the simple act of smiling releases<\/span> stress-relieving chemicals<\/span> . So, if you're feeling a little anxious on a sunny day, try putting on some sunglasses and trick your brain into thinking you're happy.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Placebo sleep can make you feel rested.<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that<\/span> every third<\/span> Adults don't get enough sleep. For that reason alone, finding a way to get more rest seems like a good idea. So what if you could simply trick your brain into thinking you're sleeping, even when you're not? It turns out that's an option, and it works.<\/span><\/p>\n

Placebo sleep<\/span> It works like most other placebos, creating the illusion that something happened even when it didn't. With the right stimuli, you can feel confident you've had a good rest, even if you haven't.<\/span><\/p>\n

Researchers took two groups of people and explained the importance of REM sleep, then conducted a sleep study. They were told that a good amount of REM sleep is between 20% and 25%. After the sleep study, one group was told that they would conduct<\/span> 28.7% of its time<\/span> in the REM phase. Another group was told they had only 16.2% REM sleep. These numbers were incorrect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who were told they slept better performed better on cognitive tests afterward. Those who were told they slept worse performed worse than the control groups. How they actually felt was irrelevant.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Rubber Hand Illusion<\/span> <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

You'd hope that, among other things, your brain would at least be able to determine where your body parts are and how they feel. Unfortunately, you can even trick it into not being able to do this, using something called<\/span> rubber hand illusion<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

The trick here is as simple as it is complex, and you can do it at home if you're so inclined. You'll need a fake hand; something as simple as an inflated rubber glove will do. Place your right forearm on the table, and hide your hand from view in a box or behind cardboard. Place your hand in front of you at shoulder level. You can use a towel to cover it below the wrist to complete the illusion. Your other hand can be under the table.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have someone sit across from you and use two paint brushes to simultaneously<\/span> stroke your hidden hand and rubber hand<\/span> . Focus on the fake hand. If the stimulation is properly coordinated, most people begin to perceive the fake hand as their real hand. When<\/span> the rubber hand is being threatened<\/span> , such as with a knife or a needle, your brain actually reacts as if your real hand is about to be stabbed.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. The nocebo effect can make you feel pain or nausea.<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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We've already talked about placebo, so let's move on to<\/span> nocebo effect<\/span> . In fact, it can make you feel pain and discomfort for literally no reason, simply by tricking your brain. Essentially, it's believing something bad will happen, and then it happens just because you think it will.<\/span><\/p>\n

An example of how this might work is similar to the placebo effect, and in fact, it's half of what happened in the placebo sleep example. If you take a useless pill, and the doctor tells you you'll feel great, and you do, that's a placebo. But if the doctor tells you it has terrible side effects, and you...<\/span> I start to feel sick<\/span> , it's the nocebo effect. Your brain is making up symptoms based on what it's been told is happening, even if it's not true.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The illusion of a stopped clock<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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Have you ever felt like there aren't enough hours in the day? Well, you're in luck, because there's a way to stop time. Or at least trick your brain into momentarily thinking you have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rapid eye movements can cause a visual distortion known as saccade suppression, which is what prevents you from noticing your own eye movement when you look in a mirror. At the same time, they also create an illusion called<\/span> chronostasis<\/span> . Also called the stopped clock illusion, this is what happens when you quickly glance at an analog clock on the wall and the second hand appears to have stopped.<\/span> move<\/span> . This is caused by rapid eye movements, which leave gaps in visual information. For example, when you quickly move your gaze from your computer to your watch, you're not actually focusing on anything else. To avoid blurring or a dark spot, your brain seems to hold onto that moment, just for a moment, and creates the impression that the world has stopped, even if only briefly, to ensure a smooth transition.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Skin rabbit<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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If you've never had a rabbit run across your hand, now's your chance to experience the illusion without having to track down a real rabbit.<\/span> rabbit<\/span> can trick your brain into thinking you're being attacked by rabbits.<\/span><\/p>\n

The method is simple. The subject extends his arm and is subjected to<\/span> five quick light taps<\/span> on the wrist. Then five more in the middle of the forearm. Then five more near the elbow. The subject will feel them as a sequence of taps from the wrist to the elbow, simulating the sensation of a tiny rabbit making 15 hops up the arm. You can see examples of this in<\/span> video on YouTube<\/span> with mixed results.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Viewing a black and white image in full color mode<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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Another popular technique that has gained popularity<\/span> on TikTok,<\/span> The trick involved finding color where there isn't any. Specifically, you can trick your brain into perceiving a black-and-white image as full color by focusing on the center point, and the image switches to a high-contrast negative color image.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you focus on a point,<\/span> color receptors<\/span> Your eyes begin to tire. Your cones perceive color using three cones, sensitive to the wavelengths of blue, red, and green. As soon as the inverted color image changes back to black and white, your eyes will perceive colors that weren't present in the contrasting version. The illusion occurs quickly, but for a moment, you should perceive the black and white photograph in full, true color.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Out-of-body VR<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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Virtual reality can be used to create an out-of-body experience. It's a bit like the rubber hand illusion, only this time it's full body immersion. The virtual environment should provide you with a copy of itself, and then all you have to do is poke you with a stick.<\/span><\/p>\n

As one neuroscientist explained, your sense of self and body is built on a foundation of many<\/span> sensory data<\/span> . Vision is a big part of this, but what you can physically feel, as well as how you sense your body's orientation, also matters. When you trick the brain by showing it new information that doesn't match, it goes a little crazy. In experiments, researchers were able to get participants to look at virtual bodies they touched and actually feel like they were in that other virtual body, with the sensations matching what they'd felt. At one point, when a virtual body was smashed with a hammer, participants registered a fear response, including increased sweating and heart rate, as if they'd experienced the attack themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

In another experiment, participants were asked to enter a virtual body and wear it as if it were their own. Their perspective was then shifted so that instead of being in the body, they looked at it. Afterward, all participants who left the body and looked at it reported a significant reduction in fear.<\/span> death<\/span> . In this case, the researchers suspected that the out-of-body experience allowed the participants to separate their body from their consciousness and, in doing so, lose some of the traditional fear of death.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Distorted body image can reduce pain<\/span> <\/h2>\n

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We know that pain has a strong psychological component, but just how strong it is can be surprising. Things like<\/span> phantom limb syndrome<\/span> or<\/span> alien hand syndrome,<\/span> They show that your brain's perception of what your body actually looks like can be very different from reality, yet they still convince you it's true. A distorted body image can actually influence how your mind perceives pain, even in chronic conditions, and it can be manipulated in some unusual ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

In one study, patients with chronic hand pain were asked to look at their painful hand, perform several movements, and then rate the pain they felt afterwards. They did this four times under different conditions. One was normal, and the other three used binoculars. They looked at their hand without magnification, with magnification, and then through inverted binoculars, so their hands appeared tiny. Nothing else was different.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants reported feeling more pain when their hand was enlarged. But when they looked through backward-facing binoculars at the tiny hand, they<\/span> felt less pain<\/span> . What was even more interesting was that it wasn't just in their heads. The researchers measured inflammation after the experiment, and<\/span> the swelling has decreased<\/span> Afterwards, my hand felt tiny. So it wasn't just a perception, it was a real physical effect of the pain.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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