أرشــــــيـــف حوار الخيمة العربية

Is YOUR Mind Normal?

Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out! Free will or neurological wiring? You decide!

Try the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no secret trick to it!

Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can. Remember, do it as quickly as you can, but don't advance until you've done each of them.

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Now repeat saying the number 6 to yourself as fast as you can for 15 seconds.
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QUICK! THINK OF A VEGETABLE!
Then scroll down...
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Keep going!

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You're thinking of a carrot, right?

If not, you're among the 2% of the population whose minds are different enough to think something else. 98% of people will think of a carrot when they do this exercise!