A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!

Saliva Requirement

Chemoreceptors in the taste buds of your tongue require a liquid medium in order for the flavors to bind into the receptor molecules. If you don't have liquid, you won't see results. Now, technically you can use water for this purpose rather than saliva. However, saliva contains amylase, an enzyme that acts on sugars and other carbohydrates, so without saliva, sweet and starchy foods may taste different from what you expect.

Chemoreceptors

The receptors are located all over your tongue, though you may see increased sensitivity to certain tastes in certain areas. <ul><li>The sweet-detecting receptors are grouped near the tip of your tongue, with the salt-detecting taste buds beyond them.</li><li>The sour-tasting receptors along the sides of your tongue.</li><li>And the bitter buds near the back of the tongue. </li></ul>Your sense of smell is closely tied to your sense of taste, too. You also need moisture to smell molecules. This is why dry foods were chosen for this experiment. You can smell/taste a strawberry, for example, before it even touches your tongue!

You have separate receptors for different tastes, such as sweet, salty, sour, and bitter

Unless the food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it.

Can you taste food without saliva? Here's an experiment to try to test it and an explanation of the science of how it works.

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Why You Can't Taste Food Without Saliva

To function properly, the human brain requires the ability to store and forget:<ul><li>Through memory loss, unnecessary information is deleted, and the nervous system retains its plasticity. A disruption of this process can lead to serious mental disorders.</li><li>Basel scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that actively regulates the process of forgetting.</li></ul>

Forgetting is good for the brain

Deleting unnecessary information helps the nervous system retain its plasticity.

Forgetting is good for the brain: deleting unnecessary information helps the nervous system retain its plasticity.

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<ul><li>It seems to come out of nowhere — a strange, disturbing thought or a troubling image that pops into your mind. It might be violent or sexual, or a recurring fear that you’ll do something inappropriate or embarrassing. Whatever the content, it’s often unsettling and may bring on feelings of worry or shame. The more you try to push the thought from your mind, the more it persists.</li><li>Sometimes intrusive thoughts are associated with a mental health disorder. They are also common in post-traumatic stress disorder. But many people who experience these thoughts don’t have a mental health disorder.</li><li>Intrus<warningtag>ive thoughts are often triggered by stress or anxiety. They may also be a short-term problem brought on by biological factors, such as hormone shifts. </warningtag></li></ul>

Intrusive thoughts

While intrusive thoughts may be disturbing, they aren’t harmful or a sign that you have a secret desire to do the things that popped into your mind.People are often too embarrassed or ashamed to talk about it.

What intrusive thoughts mean

There are some signs to look for:<ul><li>The thought is unusual for you. An intrusive thought is usually very different from your typical thoughts. </li><li>The thought is bothersome, something you want to push out of your mind.</li><li>The thought feels hard to control. Intrusive thoughts are often repetitive and won’t go away.</li></ul>When these thoughts emerge, try taking the following steps:<ol><li>Identify the thought as intrusive. </li><li>Don’t fight with it. When you have an intrusive thought, just accept it. </li><li>Don’t judge yourself. Know that having a strange or disturbing thought doesn’t indicate that something is wrong with you.</li></ol>

Identifying intrusive thoughts

See a mental health professional if unwanted thoughts are starting to disrupt your daily life, particularly if they’re impairing your ability to work or to do things you enjoy. However, even if intrusive thoughts aren’t affecting your life in a significant way, you can still see someone to get help.Intrusive thoughts can also be managed by addressing the underlying problem, such as anxiety, stress, or a personal history of trauma. While it may be helpful to share the particular thoughts you are having, keep in mind that even if you aren’t comfortable talking about them in detail, a therapist c<warningtag>an still help. </warningtag>

When to seek help

A collection of ideas for changing your attitude and overcoming unwanted intrusive thoughts

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How to Cope With Intrusive Thoughts

How to identify and manage intrusive thoughts.

Intrusive thoughts are unwanted thoughts or mental images that make people feel uncomfortable. They're common, affecting some six million Americans, and can be effectively managed using tools such as cognitive behavioral therapy.

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<ul><li>It acknowledges that you are an individual. The food we need is unique, and there is little chance that the latest gimmicky diet is going to be the perfect fit for your body.</li><li>It leaves room for your needs to change over time. What our bodies want and need at age 18 is different from age 68, and may even differ from week to week.</li><li>You will focus on being attuned to your body and how foods make you feel. .</li><li>You will eat when you are hungry, which makes it easier to commit to. </li><li>It acknowledges that some bodies benefit from certain foods, while they are not healthy for others.</li><li>Intuitive eating may help yo<warningtag>u maintain a healthier weight long-term. </warningtag></li><li><warningtag>It defines “success” as progress over time. </warningtag></li></ul>

Pros of intuitive eating

<ul><li>It can take time to tune into your body and get the balance right. Sensing whether you are full or hungry requires tuning into your body’s signals; this can be very difficult for some people.</li><li>Engineered foods can fool our bodies into thinking we are hungry when we are not. </li><li>If you want to lose weight, you will need to include physical activity. Research shows that intuitive eating is good for maintaining your current weight, but intuitive eating alone probably won’t help you lose weight unless you pair it with an exercise regimen. </li><li>Some people simply prefer more structure. Intuitive eating may fe<warningtag>el too open-ended. </warningtag></li></ul>

Cons of intuitive eating

Having a good understanding of your overall nutrition needs can support intuitive eating. If you begin to eat intuitively, be sure that over time your dietary pattern includes plenty of nutrient-dense foods from all of the food groups, as well as any special nutrients that are particularly beneficial at your stage in life.

Intuitive eating & prioritizing recommended nutrients

An introduction to intuitive eating and how it can help you develop a positive relationship with food.

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Research shows that intuitive eating has some long-term benefits for most people, but it may not be the perfect fit for you.

Considering quitting diet culture and switching to intuitive eating? Dr. Kevin Duplechain shares the pros and cons of this mindful approach to food.

The Pros and Cons of Intuitive Eating

<ul><li>Throw out the diet books and magazine articles that offer you the false hope of losing weight quickly, easily, and permanently. </li><li>Get angry at diet culture that promotes weight loss and the lies that have led you to feel as if you were a failure every time a new diet stopped working and you gained back all of the weight. </li><li>If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet or food plan might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.</li></ul>

Intuitive Eating Rejects the Diet Mentality

Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise, you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating are fleeting and irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for rebuilding trust in yourself and in food.

Intuitive Eating Teaches You To Honor Your Hunger

Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can’t or shouldn’t have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing. When you finally “give in” to your forbidden foods, eating will be experienced with such intensity it usually results in Last Supper overeating and overwhelming guilt.

Intuitive Eating Means Making Peace with Food

The food police monitor the unreasonable rules that diet culture has created. The police station is housed deep in your psyche, and its loudspeaker shouts negative barbs, hopeless phrases, and guilt-provoking indictments. Chasing the food police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.

Intuitive Eating Challenges the Food Police

In our compulsion to comply with diet culture, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence—the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want, in an environment that is inviting, the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satisfied and content. By providing this experience for yourself, you will find that it takes just the right amount of food for you to decide you’ve had “enough.”

Intuitive Eating Means Discovering the Satisfaction Factor

In order to honor your fullness, you need to trust that you will give yourself the foods that you desire.  Listen for the body signals that tell you that you are no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show that you’re comfortably full. Pause in the middle of eating and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what your current hunger level is.

Intuitive Eating Lets You Feel Your Fullness

<ul><li>Recognize that food restriction, both physically and mentally, can, in and of itself, trigger loss of control, which can feel like emotional eating. Find kind ways to comfort, nurture, distract, and resolve your issues. </li><li>Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and anger are emotions we all experience throughout life. Each has its own trigger, and each has its own appeasement. Food won’t fix any of these feelings. It may comfort for the short term, distract from the pain, or even numb you. </li><li>But food won’t solve the problem. If anything, eating for an emotional hunger may only make you feel worse in the lon<warningtag>g run. You’ll ultimately have to deal with the source of the emotion.</warningtag></li></ul>

Intuitive Eating Means Coping with Your Emotions with Kindness

Accept your genetic blueprint. Just as a person with a shoe size of eight would not expect to realistically squeeze into a size six, it is equally futile (and uncomfortable) to have a similar expectation about body size. But mostly, respect your body so you can feel better about who you are. It’s hard to reject the diet mentality if you are unrealistic and overly critical of your body size or shape. All bodies deserve dignity.

Intuitive Eating Teaches You To Respect Your Body

Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise. If you focus on how you feel from working out, such as energized, it can make the difference between rolling out of bed for a brisk morning walk or hitting the snooze alarm.

Intuitive Eating: Get Active and Feel the Difference

Make food choices that honor your health and taste buds while making you feel good. Remember that you don’t have to eat perfectly to be healthy. You will not suddenly get a nutrient deficiency or become unhealthy, from one snack, one meal, or one day of eating. It’s what you eat consistently over time that matters. Progress, not perfection, is what counts.

Intuitive Eating: Honor Your Health

10 Principles of Intuitive Eating

A whole other world exists on the other side of suffering.

In ancient times, when people felt doubted about a place in the lonely forest, the mind made them go back to their tribe and be safe and comfortable.Nowadays, when people try to do a new thing that makes them feel uncomfortable, the mind makes them go back to their comfort. Our mind holds a tactical advantage over us.Whenever you will try to do something that is not your habit, your mind will feel insecure. When you think of going to exercise, your mind tells you to leave it. It protects you from any discomfort. It will tell you to quit. If you hear to it, and give up, the future gives you up.

Our mind wants to protect us

When your mind asks you, "Dude, you remember the day when you said you will not give up on your new year resolutions and you slept for 12 hours the next day? You remember the day when you said you will study the whole night and you dozed off in 30 mins? How in the world do you think you are going to workout every morning? How in the world do you think you are going to run 1 km a day?"You gotcha have an answer to that. You have to shut your mind up. You have to rise above all fears and insecurities, and you have to NOT give up. You have to stay hungry. Hungry for the discomfort and sufferings.

If you can't answer the questions at that moment

You can have more than you've got because you can be more than you are.

A concept of physics-friction- is going to be used here. So when you are not moving, there is a force needed to make you move, to kill off the limiting friction. And when you are moving, there is a force needed to keep you moving, to kill of the kinetic friction.Similarly, the mind's doubt on us is like the friction but we have to have more determination than that, otherwise we simply can't proceed. You can achieve the impossible. It's just about how much force are you willing to fight the mind's friction. Without this force, progress is impossible.

How you grow

In the end, it's not about fame or being accepted by everyone, it's about who you've been with all this time and how it has all helped you. In the end it is about whether you have gained the ability to give back or not.You'll find your purpose and you'll find out one thing, that you are not in a race with billions of people but in a race with yourself.You should be able to say that you are giving you best and you are to the best to your ability.And that, is what makes you unstoppable.

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If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.

If no one kicks you, you gotta kick yourself.

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Goggins has completed over 60 ultra-marathons, triathlons, and ultra-triathlons, setting new course records and regularly placing in the top five. He once held the Guinness World Record for pull-ups completing 4,030 in 17 hours, and he’s a sought after public speaker.

Over the years, he’s shared his story with hundreds of thousands of students across the country, numerous professional sports teams, and the staff at Fortune 500 companies.

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Touted as the “anti-diet,” intuitive eating is all about creating a positive relationship between food and one’s own body.Principles: <ul><li>Ditch the diet mentality</li><li>Respect your hunger</li><li>Stop warring with food</li><li>Stop viewing foods as “good or bad”</li><li>Enjoy what you eat</li><li>Appreciate your body</li><li>Exercise</li><li>Attend to your health with “gentle nutrition”</li></ul>Having a positive body image and taking a balanced approach to diet are crucial to both your physical and mental health. However, there are some problems that arise with practical application.

A Deeper Look at Intuitive Eating

Despite being promoted as the “anti-diet,” it is still a diet because it’s a guided approach to how you consume food. And like any diet, it’s not a one-size-fits-all solution.For some people, for example,  listening to their body ends up with them overeating and gaining even more weight.

Why Intuitive Eating Doesn’t Work for Weight Loss

<ul><li>Like any diet, intuitive eating is a habit you develop. The times you eat every day affect when you will feel hungry. Eating out of habit is different from emotional eating because you’re teaching your body when to be hungry.</li><li>What you eat can perpetuate hunger. In particular, refined carbs and processed foods with lots of sugar will mess up your hunger cues. Learning how to structure your meals with the proper ratio of macronutrients and calories allows you to control your hunger — rather than letting it control you.</li></ul>

Hunger is Affected by When And What You Eat

Just because you aren’t counting calories when eating intuitively doesn’t mean they don’t matter anymore.And even if you eat mindfully, it’s really easy to overconsume foods when you have no idea how many calories are in them — regardless of if you’re eating “healthy foods.”For example, nuts like almonds and cashews are great foods for providing nourishment and satiating your hunger. But each nut packs a wallop, and you can quickly eat 400–500 calories of them without even realizing it.=You can just as easily consume way more than you burn just from what you drink on any given day. If you’re not t<warningtag>racking calories, you might have soda, juice, smoothie, or another calorie-laden drink just because you’re thirsty.</warningtag>

Calories Still Matter

You can respect, love, and honor your body at any size. Your self-worth as a person has nothing to do with weight or aesthetics.But health is another matter. Obesity is irrefutably linked with the increased risk of a host of health issues like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.By sticking with small calorie deficits and taking a break every month to two to eat at maintenance, you can gradually reach your health and fitness goals without developing a toxic relationship with food or feeling deprived.

Body Image and Health are Separate Issues

If you’ve been struggling with intuitive eating and weight gain, it might be time to try a more structured, gradual approach to healthy eating.

Even though I recommend calorie and macro tracking to people trying to lose weight or optimize their fitness, I myself do not really track calories anymore — I haven’t for months now. I keep loose…

The Downsides of Intuitive Eating And Why It Doesn’t Work for Weight Loss

Sleep is the thing we all need but some believe the contrary. The thing we do for one-third of our lives but many don't do it for even one-sixth of their time. The thing some do in 1 phase and others do in polyphase.
Dr. Rebecca Robbins and Dr. David Rapoport help us clarify our myths and beliefs about sleep.Let's debunk it!

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1) Watching TV in bed is a good way to relax before sleep. It is recommended to not do this because TV is a source to bright blue light. It kick starts our circadian rhythm making it hard enough to sleep.
2) Drinking booze before bed will improve your sleep. Although, this myth is true to some extent, it disrupts your normal sleep. This means that it may delay your REM sleep or even delete it, creating disruptions for the individual.

Myth 1,2

3) Lying in bed with your eyes closed is almost as good as sleeping. Sleep is not like putting your keys off. It is an active process which includes entering 3-4 stages per hour or so and repeating the cycle 4-5 times a night. If disrupted, you feel not rested.
4) If you can't sleep, you should stay in bed and try to fall back asleep. You should stay in bed but not with the stress of sleeping. Try to relax and still if you can't sleep, get up and stretch out. It may help.
5) Many adults need 5 hours of sleep or less. Scores of data has shown that almost all adults need 7-8 hours of sleep.

Myth 3,4,5

6) Your brain and body will adapt to less sleep. Your performance keeps deteriorating the more you restrict your sleep. How bad you feel is way greater than how bad you think you are feeling. 
7) It doesn't matter what time of the day you sleep. Sleep is timed, it doesn't just happen. If you play with your sleep biology, it will soon play with you. Studies have shown greater probabilities of heart diseases and obesity in the people who don't sleep according to their biology.
8) Exercising within 4 hours of sleep disrupts your sleep. This can be helpful for some people while harmful for some.

Myth 6,7

9) Remembering your dreams is a sign of a good night's sleep. It doesn't matter, tbh. What matters is how you are feeling the next day in the morning.
10) Eating cheese (or any other food) before bed causes nightmares. There is no particular food that causes nightmares but feeling uncomfortable while sleeping may cause them.
11) Loud snoring is annoying but mostly harmless. Snoring is a sign that something blocks your respiratory tube. LOUD snoring is a sign that that tube may be completely blocked which is also called sleep apnea. It may cause disruptions in sleep.

Myth 9,10,11

12) Hitting snooze is better than getting up. It is advised to set alarm for the latest time possible as it gives you enough sleep and allows you to work better. Hitting snooze just fragments your sleep and even REM sleep sometimes.
13) You can simply become a morning person. You can't change your chronotype but you can trick your mind believing that it is morning instead of evening or vice-versa. This can be done by the blue light therapy. It makes you believe that you are working in a different time zone.

Myth 12,13

14) You can catch up on sleep during weekends. This is a very common practice but it disrupts your circadian rhythm. Waking up 3 or 4 hours later than your usual time may lead to social jet lag. You may be in NYC but your body is in London.
15) Boredom makes you tired even if you got enough sleep. Boredom unmasks your sleep deprivation. If you have slept enough, boredom can't make you sleep.

Myth 14, 15

If you get nightmares, cool down your room temperature. Hot bed causes nightmares.

Two sleep experts debunk 15 of the most common myths about sleep. They explain that boredom, alone, doesn’t make you tired and that you should get out of bed if you can’t fall asleep. They also debunk the idea that loud snoring is nothing more than annoying. In fact, it’s often a sign of a serious sleep disorder that can seriously compromise your sleep. MORE MYTH DEBUNKING: OB-GYNs Debunk 25 Pregnancy Myths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm_zY2IC78c Dietitians Debunk 18 Weight Loss Myths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94IY408Q4E Fitness Experts Debunk 17 Exercise Myths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW9hz1kZP2I ------------------------------------------------------ #Sleep #Myths #ScienceInsider Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space, medicine, biotech, physiology, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Science Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsiderScience/ Science Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/science_insider/ Business Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/businessinsider Tech Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider Business Insider/Tech Insider on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo Sleep Experts Debunk 15 Sleep Myths

Two sleep experts debunk 15 of the most common myths about sleep. They explain that boredom, alone, doesn’t make you tired and that you should get out of bed if you can’t fall asleep. They also debunk the idea that loud snoring is nothing more than annoying. In fact, it’s often a sign of a serious sleep disorder that can seriously compromise your sleep.

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Let’s talk about all things girls. From how fast they develop to their favorite color, this interesting insight will teach a few things you might not have known about girls. These psychology facts about girls will also clear up some common misconceptions and explain a few stereotypes about the female sex. Like, for example, why a lot of females are afraid of bugs and why their eyesight is different from boys. If you have a mother, sister, aunt, daughter, or lady-friend, you’ll hopefully understand <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/psychological-facts-about-personality/">their personality </a>and behavior a little bit more after reading these psychology facts about girls

It’s time to discover some fascinating facts and statistics about girls. Some of this information might even surprise you.

33 Psychology Facts About Girls

<a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-science/">Science </a>suggests that girls are born with intuition, which is believed to be a product of evolution. Females need to be able to recognize and predict the needs of their children. They also need to be able to know what others are thinking and feeling.

1. Girls Are Born With a Superior Sense of Intuition

Girls possess the gift of the gab. They’re naturally chatty. While little boys and girls both say their first word around the same time – usually their first birthday – girls tend to know more words by the time they’re 16 months old than boys do.  And between the two sexes, they’re usually first to hit 300 words in their vocabulary.

2. Girls Talk More Than Boys

According to a study on fine motor development between preschool girls and boys, girls score higher. Females were more advanced in their fine motor skills. They also touch their toys during individual play more than boys do.

3. Girls Have Better Fine Motor Coordination Than Boys

Girls don’t get sick as often as boys do because they’re biologically better equipped to handle it.  According to a study from the National Academy of Sciences, the male immune system isn’t as strong as the female’s. The research suggests that this is because <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/psychological-facts-about-guys-in-love/">guys </a>have more testosterone, which translates to a weakened immune system.  Boys are also more likely to have to go to the hospital when they don’t feel well.

4. Girls Don’t Get Sick as Often as Boys

Did you know that, scientifically speaking, early life experiences can have more of a negative impact on baby boys than on baby girls? According to a study on the development of boys, the male sex is more vulnerable to maternal stress both inside and outside of the womb than girls are.

5. According to Science, It Might Be Easier to Parent Baby Girls

Did you know that some of our fears and phobias are brought on by our genes? Researchers discovered that girls are genetically predisposed to develop a fear of what they see as potentially dangerous insects. A study showed that some baby girls started to show signs of fear when they saw a picture of spiders at only 11 months old, while boys, on the other hand, remained indifferent.  Past studies have also found that women are about four times more likely to fear spiders and other creepy-crawly insects than <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-men/">men </a>.

6. Girls Are More Afraid of Bugs Than Boys Are

According to many studies, the research has found that girls, even in infancy, are better at understanding people’s emotions based on their facial expressions. Girls are also able to recognize faces faster than boys are.

7. Girls Understand Emotions From an Early Age

Girls and <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-cancer-women/">women </a>are more prone to the dangerous effects of getting a concussion. They show harsher symptoms after this type of head injury and also take longer to recover than males do.

8. Concussions Are More Serious for Girls

Before adolescence, boys and girls report being depressed in equal <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/facts-about-the-number-24/">number </a>s. But by the age of 13, a surprising shift occurs. More than twice as many girls as boys say that they’re depressed.  There are a few possible theories as to why this is. It could be because girls mature faster than boys. Or, it could be because they’re more prone to having issues with their self-esteem.

9. Girls Suffer From Depression More Than Boys

Here’s an interesting <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/facts-about-cyber-bullying/">fact about cyberbullying </a>: according to Florida Atlantic University’s Cyber-bullying Research Center, teenage girls are more likely to participate than boys. Spreading malicious rumors seems to be their preferred method of <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/facts-on-bullying/">bullying </a>.

10. Girls Are More Likely to Cyberbully

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is less common in females. A study by the CDC put out in 2021 found that approximately 1 in 44 children in the <a href="https://theboutiqueadventurer.com/most-beautiful-cities-in-united-states/">United States </a>is diagnosed with autism. It found that 1 in 27 boys had ASD, while only 1 in 116 girls were identified with it.

11. Girls Are Less Likely to Have Autism

It turns out, right from birth, girls have more hearing sensitivity than boys. Female hearing is more sensitive to speech patterns, which means it’s easier for them to hear what you’re talking about.

12. Girls Have Better Hearing Than Boys

Girls need their dads in their life. Research suggests that daughters who have secure <a href="https://www.newinterestingfacts.com/psychological-facts-about-long-distance-relationships/">relationships </a>with their fathers are significantly better placed to succeed in life academically. They also tend to have more stable romantic relationships, positive psychological outcomes, lower rates of depression, better self-esteem, and the list goes on.

13. Girls Need Their Dads

Girls mature faster on a physical level than boys do. They also mature faster in certain emotional and cognitive areas. This is thought to be because girls optimize their brain connections earlier than boys.

14. Girls Develop Faster Than Boys

Girls start puberty earlier than boys by about one to two years. The first stages of puberty for girls usually begin when they’re between the ages of 8 and 13. Boys usually start when they’re between 9 and 14. However, everyone is different, and some will start puberty earlier or later than the average age.

15. Girls Go Through Puberty Before Boys Do

I’m sure you’ve heard the statement, “pink is for girls, and blue is for boys”. Well, did you know it used to be the opposite? At the turn of the 20th century, some stores in the United States started suggesting “sex-appropriate” colors for the genders. Several department stores claimed that pink was a strong color, which made it suitable for the boy. Blue was seen as more delicate and dainty, which made it perfect for girls.

16. Pink Hasn’t Always Been Considered a “Girly” Color

Most scientific studies find that girls prefer primary colors, chief among them is pink. Girls in the US and Great Britain choose this color significantly more often than boys do. In fact, girls as young as two start to prefer it over other colors.  This leads one to wonder if there’s something innate that attracts females to pink. However, most research confirms that girls tend to like pink simply because, somewhere along the line, they were told to.

17. Nowadays, Most Girl’s Favorite Color Is Pink

Studies show that girls perform better in self-help skills than boys do. Self-help skills are activities or behaviors your child performs that lead to them developing more independence. These can include things like getting dressed, helping with chores, and taking care of their personal hygiene.

18. Girls Perform Well in Self-Help Skills

This could apply to a lot of things, but for this particular fact, it’s in reference to a girl’s taste buds. Research shows that girls are better at identifying tastes than boys. Even though both genders have the same number of taste buds, girls process tastes differently.

19. Girls Have a Great Sense of Taste

This fact might not come as a surprise given the previous facts about a female’s development compared to a male. Studies from the US show that girls outperform boys on measures of self-regulation.

20. Girls Are Better at Self-Regulation Than Boys Are

This is a fact about girls that will hopefully change in the near future. The Global Gender Gap Report put out an assessment in 2020 that measured educational achievements globally. It found that only 88% of females worldwide received primary education, compared to 91% of males.

21. Girls Aren’t Educated at the Rate That Boys Are

Although girls don’t attend primary education at the rate that boys do, they attend tertiary school (university, college, and trade school) at a higher rate than males. 41% of females worldwide received primary education, compared to 36% of males.

22. Girls Attend Tertiary Education at a Higher Rate Than Boys

Girls outperform boys in all grade levels as well as academic subjects. The reason for this is that girls are better at planning ahead, setting academic goals, and putting in the effort to achieve their goals.  This is true for many countries worldwide, from the United States to Hong Kong.

23. Girls Outperform Boys Academically

Girls are born with smaller tear ducts than boys. This means that if a girl starts to cry, her tears will fall faster down her cheeks than a boy’s will. This might make it look like she’s crying more, when in fact, her tears just run faster.

24. Girls Are Born With a Smaller Tear Duct Than Boys

Girls (and women) are twice as likely to use emojis compared to males. This is thought to be because women try to be more expressive when they’re communicating with someone.

25. Girls Like to Use Emojis

When a teenage girl tells you about some of the negative things on her mind, it doesn’t mean she’s complaining; it means she trusts you enough to confide in you.

26. If a Girl Tells You Her Problems, It Means She Trusts You

According to a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/236678/americans-say-boys-easier-raise-girls.aspx">2018 Gallup Poll </a>on which sex is easier to raise, Americans say boys are easier to raise than girls by 2-1. 54% named boys as easier, 24% named girls, and 14% said there was no difference.  This study has been taking place since 1947, and the reporting has consistently said that boys are easier to raise.

27. More Americans Say Boys Are Easier to Raise Than Girls

A girl’s self-esteem seems to take a dip between the ages of 11 and 14. Data collected from Millennium Cohort Study found that 15% of 11-year-old girls said that they were unhappy. By the time they turned 14, 29% of girls said that they were not happy. Further research has linked girls’ use of social media with higher rates of depression.

28. Girls Have Lower Self-Esteem in Their Teenage Years

Girls (and women) have hearts that pump faster than boys do. This is because their hearts and lungs are smaller than a man’s. As a result, they need to pump faster to get more oxygen saturation.

29. Girl’s Hearts Beat Faster Than Boys

Girls are able to see more variations of shades on the red spectrum than boys. This is because they have two X chromosomes, and the genes for the pigments in the red cone lie on the X chromosome. Since boys only have one X chromosome, they can’t see it as well.

30. Girls See More Shades of Red Than Boys Do

Potty training is usually an easier and quicker process for girls. This is because girls are more developed in language and physical skills. Both of these things help with learning to use the toilet faster.

31. Girls Are Easier to Potty Train Than Boys Are

A study from the <a href="https://www.psychometrics.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/brothersandsisters.pdf">Journal of Experimental Child Psychology </a>looked at the role of siblings in gender development. It found that girls who have an older brother were associated with more masculine and less feminine behavior. It also found that boys who have an older sister were more feminine but not less masculine.

32. Girls With Brothers Have a Different Gender Development

A global study on the academic performance of 15-year-olds found that girls prefer reading for pleasure much more than boys do. 65 countries participated in the study, and more girls reported reading for enjoyment in all but one country.  It’s not entirely known why this is, but some researchers speculate that peer pressure has to do with it. Boys are usually more vulnerable to peer pressure than girls are, and reading can be seen as an “uncool” activity.

33. A Lot of Girls Enjoy Reading for Pleasure

33 Psychology Facts About Girls You Should Know 

From how fast they develop to their favorite color, this interesting insight will teach a few things you might not have known about girls. These psychology facts about girls will also clear up some common misconceptions and explain a few stereotypes about the female sex. 

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