Curiosity Desk category
Every published story filed under Mind and perception, newest first. Each one passed the same source, image and editorial checks.
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World Explained · Mind and perception
Earworms are short involuntary musical memories, often triggered by recent exposure, associations or idle attention. Fighting the loop can sometimes feed it.
World Explained · Mind and perception
A rising Moon can look impossibly large beside trees and buildings. Measure it and the size barely changes, leaving a 2,000-year-old puzzle inside vision.
World Explained · Mind and perception
The same touch feels weaker when you cause it yourself. Your motor system predicts the sensory result, helping the brain separate self from surprise.
World Explained · Mind and perception
Every eye misses part of the world where its optic nerve exits. A two-mark test reveals the gap and shows how vision quietly conceals it.