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Memory is reconstructive, not a recording. Gaps get filled in, suggestions and repetition get absorbed, and the brain can misjudge where a mental image came from.
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Stuck songs, or earworms, arise when a familiar, repetitive tune is cued by a memory, a mood or recent listening and then replays on a mental loop. Researchers still lack a full theory.
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It is an illusion: the Moon's size does not change. Scientists agree that perceived distance plays a part, but no single explanation has convinced everyone.
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No single cause of déjà vu is settled. Leading explanations describe a memory-familiarity misfire, checked by the frontal cortex, or a resemblance to a forgotten scene.
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The binding problem asks how separate brain circuits processing different features produce one unified experience. It is really several distinct problems, and the experiential version remains unsolved.
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Blindsight is the ability of some people with damage to the primary visual cortex to detect or locate stimuli in their blind field without conscious seeing. Its cause and meaning are still debated.
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Integrated information theory says consciousness is a system's integrated cause-effect structure, measured as phi. It is controversial because critics call it untested and unfalsifiable, while defenders disagree.
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