12 Mind-Blowing Psychology Facts Everyone Needs To Know

Late night conversations

People are more honest when physically tired. This is why people confess things during late night conversations.

If you announce your goals to others, you are less likely to make them happen because you lose motivation, studies confirmed.

No one born blind has ever developed schizophrenia.

The average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.

Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, mainly suffered by Japanese people, caused after realizing Paris isn’t what they expected.

There is a gene that can cause you to be negative most of the time.

270 scientists re-ran 100 studies published in the top psychology journals in 2008. Only half the studies could be replicated successfully.

68% of the people suffer from Phantom Vibration Syndrome, the feeling that one’s phone is vibrating when it’s not.

“Erotomania” is a psychological disorder in which the affected people believe a famous person is in love with them.

The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world.

There are more than 400 distinct phobias well recognized by psychologists.

Spending money on others yields more happiness than spending it on yourself a study concluded.