Your brain distorts reality using cognitive biases and perception filters.
This neuroscience-based explanation reveals how your mind edits reality in real time.
Your brain is not a passive observer of reality.
It actively distorts what you see, hear, and remember — often without you realizing it.
From cognitive biases to perception filters, your brain constantly edits reality to make sense of the world faster.
But that shortcut comes at a cost: what you experience isn’t always what’s real.
🔬 Based on scientific research: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2312831121
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Keywords: brain, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive bias, perception, mind, science, illusions, reality