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10 Ways Your Brain Can Trip You Out (and How To Prevent It)

Aug 15, 2010 04:00 PM
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Ever feel like your brain is playing tricks on you? Well, that's because it is. Lifehacker has put together ten common weaknesses of the human mind, and how you can be beat them.

Brainbusters include:

  • Procrastination and why it happens.
  • The infamous $9.99 trick (as opposed to $10.00) and why it works.
  • Self control and breaking bad habits: how much is the brain capable of?
  • Did you know? The more you touch objects, the more attached you are to them.
  • Meditation. Your brain is constantly spinning, spinning, spinning. What can you do about it?
  • The psychology of menu design and how you fall for "deals".

Read now: Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It).

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