Amazing Facts About Productivity, Memory and Emotions
Practical, Self Improvement
Productivity
People are often more productive in blue rooms
The colour blue causes the brain to release relaxing hormones
Short Term Memory
Working memory can hold 7 (+/- 2) pieces of information
Stress and Memory
A small amount of stress helps you to remember things better but a large amount hinders your memory
Creativity
We are most creative at night and least creative in the afternoons
Emotions
The only innate emotions are joy, acceptance, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation. Other more complicated emotions like love and guilt are believed to be combinations of these (Plutchik, 1980)