You may be fed up of one of your friends who always completes his or her sentence by ‘you know’ or ‘like’ or the one who has a roof shattering sneeze. Well, do not get annoyed because there may be some reason behind these habits.
Here are a few habits that are quite annoying and they have some explanation.
The sentence is never completed by, ‘you know’ or ‘like’
There’s always, like, one not-so-brilliant movie character who talks this way, you know? Don’t write off their intelligence: Research suggests that those who often say “like” and “you know” may be especially thoughtful. People who use these “filler words” tend to be more careful than people who don’t. Researchers say discourse markers imply a desire to thoughtfully share opinions with others, and may give someone more time to phrase something just right.
Biting nails
Irritated by a friend who just can’t sit still? Perfectionism may be an underlying cause of nail biting, skin picking, or eyelash pulling. According to a research, people with fidgety habits experience greater urges to pick at themselves when bored compared to when in relaxing scenarios.
Researchers say perfectionists are more likely than others to become bored easily, and that behaviors like picking at nails deliver a form of reward in unsatisfying situations.
A deafening sneeze
Know someone with a ear shattering? Blame their anatomy. Irritants, such as bright light or an allergen, stimulate the nasal cavity’s trigeminal nerve and trigger a coordinated reflex from the diaphragm to the brain. Many different muscles are involved in building the pressure needed to expel the irritant via a sneeze.
Excessive sharing on Facebook
As soon as you click on to your news feed one of your friends have covered your whole newsfeed. You must be rolling your eyes when you look at the details your friend has come up with but there is a reason behind this as well. Harvard researchers used an MRI machine to track 212 participants’ brain activity as they answered questions about their own opinions or others’ opinions.
Researchers found that talking about oneself activates brain regions associated with reward. Only about 60 percent of real-life conversations typically revolve around an individual’s personal thoughts and stories, compared to 80 percent of social media communication.
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