#Psychology — The Oracle Node

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The Demon Sitting on Your Chest Has a Medical Name

You wake up. You cannot move. Something appears to be standing in the room. Humanity has spent centuries inventing supernatural explanations for what happens next.

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Why Your Brain Keeps Finding Faces in Things That Do Not Have Faces

Two windows and a door are apparently enough to give a house a personality.

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Why One Tiny Piece of a Song Can Live in Your Head for Hours

Your brain has selected eight seconds of music. It will now be playing them until further notice.

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Why Déjà Vu Feels Like You Remember Something That Never Happened

You enter a room you have never visited and suddenly know, with unreasonable certainty, that you have been here before.

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Why Your Brain Thinks a Place Is Creepy Before Anything Has Happened

Sometimes you walk into a room and immediately dislike it. The room has technically done nothing.

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Why Silence After an Argument Feels Worse Than the Argument

An argument gives you information. Silence leaves your brain to manufacture it.

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Why People Wake Up at 3 A.M. and Think It Means Something

If you repeatedly wake in the middle of the night, folklore has several explanations. Biology has rather more.

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The Strangest Thing About Astrology Is How Accurate It Can Feel

Astrology has a serious scientific problem. That does not stop a horoscope from occasionally sounding as though somebody has been reading your private messages.

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Why Do People Pull Away the Moment You Get Close?

Everything was going well. Then it became real.

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Why Someone Being Unpredictable Can Make You Want Them More

Consistent affection feels good. Inconsistent affection can become strangely difficult to stop thinking about.

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