PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”

**God is the human brain misinterpreting pattern‑detection as divine intention.**
We’re wired to see agency everywhere, even where none exists. Religion is that bias formalized into doctrine.
#CognitiveBias #AgencyDetection #HumanBehavior #BeliefSystems

https://protyusagendherpoet.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/god-is-the-human-brain-misinterpreting-pattern-detection-as-divine-intention/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

on the way home, we

on the way home, we 
take enough detours to be 
filled with gratitude
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and still, we find ways

and still, we find ways 
to reach for one another – to 
be merely human

is to be misunderstood 
while seeking understanding
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Your Brain Decides in 0.2 Seconds! 🧠⚡
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Attraction isn't a choice; it's a biological reflex. 🧬 In under 200 milliseconds, your brain locks onto specific biological signals—a shortcut evolved over millions of years to detect health and fertility. 🧪 Follow @TheHumanLab for more daily science secrets. 💀
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#psychology

#biology

#humanbehavior

#attraction

#sciencefacts

PsyPost: Women perceive AI as riskier than men do, study finds. “An online survey found that women consistently perceive AI to be riskier than men. The key drivers behind this view are women’s higher general risk aversion and their greater exposure to AI-related risks.”

What drives our subjective perception of time?

My colleage Qiyuan just published a preprint, where he suggests that subjective time perception depends on the ability segment continuous experience into discrete and meaningful events.

Check out the preprint here:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.23.720320v1

#neuroscience #psychology #humanbehavior #time #cognition #consciousness