pay attention this is the next step in
retraining your brain we need you to put
the days of the week in alphabetical
order starting with Friday you have 10
seconds ready go how did you do pretty
hard huh here’s the correct order now
quickly without thinking about it
name a color got it now name a tool did
you just say red hammer said we just
read your mind or come pretty close to
it it’s freaky right let’s find out what
other people said we asked them to do
the same thing as you can see here we
have the days of the week I want you to
put them in alphabetical order for me
okay you struggled with this task you’re
not the only one Monday Thursday Tuesday
um Monday Friday Thursday easy Friday
great Monday Saturday Sunday Thursday
Tuesday Wednesday now very quickly give
me a color and a tool a red hammer
oh you know why so weird you said that
what the easy fella this is a family
show but this guy isn’t the only one who
said red hammer no way shut the front
door a red hammer red hammer no way
Wow red hammer haha that you said that
you know why what that is crazy
insane right dude that’s crazy and nuts
out of all the colors and tools in the
world to choose from isn’t it a little
crazy we knew a lot of people would say
red hammer red hammer red hammer of
course not everyone chose a red hammer
black hammer some people got creative
pink screwdriver but if you’re like 80%
of those we tested you also chose a red
hammer how did you do that man that’s a
good question
as it turns out your brain has a secret
system of shortcuts for how it stores
information and ideas we’ve asked NYU
psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman to help
us understand how it works
your brain stores information in general
categories like colors tools or
furniture in each category has its own
best example these examples help your
brain quickly and efficiently find what
it needs without having a dig through
everything you know for most people the
best example for colors is red and the
best example for tools is hammer dude
you are freaking me out right now
retraining your brain we need you to put
the days of the week in alphabetical
order starting with Friday you have 10
seconds ready go how did you do pretty
hard huh here’s the correct order now
quickly without thinking about it
name a color got it now name a tool did
you just say red hammer said we just
read your mind or come pretty close to
it it’s freaky right let’s find out what
other people said we asked them to do
the same thing as you can see here we
have the days of the week I want you to
put them in alphabetical order for me
okay you struggled with this task you’re
not the only one Monday Thursday Tuesday
um Monday Friday Thursday easy Friday
great Monday Saturday Sunday Thursday
Tuesday Wednesday now very quickly give
me a color and a tool a red hammer
oh you know why so weird you said that
what the easy fella this is a family
show but this guy isn’t the only one who
said red hammer no way shut the front
door a red hammer red hammer no way
Wow red hammer haha that you said that
you know why what that is crazy
insane right dude that’s crazy and nuts
out of all the colors and tools in the
world to choose from isn’t it a little
crazy we knew a lot of people would say
red hammer red hammer red hammer of
course not everyone chose a red hammer
black hammer some people got creative
pink screwdriver but if you’re like 80%
of those we tested you also chose a red
hammer how did you do that man that’s a
good question
as it turns out your brain has a secret
system of shortcuts for how it stores
information and ideas we’ve asked NYU
psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman to help
us understand how it works
your brain stores information in general
categories like colors tools or
furniture in each category has its own
best example these examples help your
brain quickly and efficiently find what
it needs without having a dig through
everything you know for most people the
best example for colors is red and the
best example for tools is hammer dude
you are freaking me out right now
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