15 Scary Facts About Your Unconscious Mind

What are the secrets of the unconscious mind? How does psychology play into this meditation on the brain? The unconscious mind (often mistaken as the subconscious) does a lot more than you might think. Learn more in this video!

Sources:

The Unconscious Mind
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440575/

Neural Mechanisms Underlying Visual Pareidolia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290235/

Neuroscience – why do we see faces in everyday objects?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140730-why-do-we-see-faces-in-objects

The Man Had No Idea His Mind Was Blind
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160524-this-man-had-no-idea-his-mind-is-blind-until-last-week

Fast Asleep? Your Unconscious Is Still Listening
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130930-300-fast-asleep-your-unconscious-is-still-listening/

Accurately Weigh Up A Person’s Character in 0.1 Seconds
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130930-500-we-accurately-weigh-up-a-persons-character-in-01-seconds/

How We Know Where Our Limbs Are Without Thinking
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130930-600-you-know-where-your-limbs-are-without-thinking-but-how/

Everything You Need to Know About Sleep Paralysis
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/295039.php

The Four Stages of Competence
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikekavis/2015/10/21/the-four-stages-of-cloud-competence/#4eb5fa94183a

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Thanks to Tristan Reed (writing), Troy W. Hudson (VO) for helping to create this video!