This article presents some mysteries of human behavior that science cannot explain. The ten things we don’t understand about humans. Scientists have split the atom, put men on the moon, and discovered the DNA that we are made of, but there are some mysteries of human behavior that they have not been able to fully explain. Why do we dream, kiss, blush or are we shy? These are the basics of human behavior, scientists still don’t have a clue.
The following are 10 mysteries of human behavior that scientists cannot yet explain.
10. Shyness
The feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or discomfort experienced. when a person is around, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness can stem from genetic traits, the environment in which a person grows up, and personal experiences.
9. Art
Painting, dancing, sculpture, and music could be the human equivalent of a peacock’s tail in showing what a potential good companion someone is. However, it could also be a tool to spread knowledge or share experiences.
For example, a study by Geoffrey Miller of the University of New Mexico shows that women prefer creativity to wealth when their fertility is at its peak. Others believe that the urge to seek aesthetic experiences evolved to encourage us to learn about different aspects of the world, those that our brains have not prepared us to deal with at birth.
8. Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. The period of adolescence is most closely associated with adolescence. No other animal undergoes the strident and unpredictable teenage years. Some suggest that it helps our big brains reorganize before adulthood or that it allows experimentation in behavior before responsibility for later years.
7. Picking Your Nose
One in four teens picks up the habit, an average of four times a day, a study found. The unattractive but common habit of ingesting “nasal debris” offers almost no nutritional benefit. So why do a quarter of teens do it? on average four times a day? Some think that it stimulates the immune system.
6. Superstition
Superstition is a pejorative term for the belief in supernatural causation. That event leads to the cause of another without any physical process linking the two events. like astrology, omens, witchcraft, etc. which contradicts the natural sciences. Unusual but reassuring habits don’t make evolutionary sense. however, ancient humans would have benefited from not dismissing a lion’s whisper in the grass as a gust of wind. Religion seems to take advantage of this momentum.
5. Altruism or Selflessness
Doing good works is part of human nature. They just can’t decide why we do them. Altruism or self-denial is the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a central aspect of various religious traditions. although the concept of “others” towards whom the concern should be directed may vary between cultures and religions.
After all, what is the use of helping others, if they are not guaranteed to return the favor? Robert Trivers of Rutgers University in New Jersey argues that natural selection favored our altruistic ancestors because they could expect to benefit. However, these trends went wrong as we developed a globalized world.
4. Kissing
The act of pressing one’s lips against another person or an object. The cultural connotations of kissing vary widely. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express feelings of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, peace, and good luck, among many others.
There are theories that it is associated with memories of breastfeeding and that ancient humans weaned their children by feeding them from the mouth, reinforcing the link between sharing saliva and pleasure. Another idea is that our food-seeking ancestors were attracted to ripe red fruit and thus developed red lips to tempt their sexual partners.
Kissing has been shown to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and increase the bonding hormone oxytocin, making it good for our health and happiness.
3. Laughter
An involuntary reaction to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter can arise from activities such as tickling or from humorous stories or thoughts. It is considered a visual expression of a series of positive emotional states, such as joy, exhilaration, happiness, relief, etc. On some occasions, it can be caused by contrary emotional states such as embarrassment, apology, confusion, or a courteous laugh.
Laughter increases the levels of endorphins that make us feel good, which helps us to relate to others. “Laugh at” can be used to turn people away.
2. Blushing
An exclusively human trait. Flushing, the involuntary reddening of a person’s face due to embarrassment or emotional stress. It is known to come from being in love or from some kind of romantic stimulation. The blush is believed to be the result of an overactive sympathetic nervous system.
Charles Darwin struggled to explain why evolution made us blush when we lie, thus alerting others. He called it the most peculiar and the most human of all expressions. However, some think that he originally used it to diffuse aggressive approaches by more dominant individuals. Over time, he became associated with higher emotions like guilt and shame.
1. Dreaming
Sleep, the experience of imagined images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. Dreams help us process and consolidate emotions without the rush of stress hormones that would accompany the actual experience. They also help with memory and problem-solving. People remember lists of related words and links between them better after a night’s sleep than after spending the same amount of time awake during the day. It was recently discovered that we can dream even outside of REM sleep. REM dreams were found to involve longer stories with more emotion, whereas non-REM dreams often involve friendly interactions.
Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams expressing our subconscious desires has been generally discredited and it is recognized that they help us process emotions, but the reason we see such strange visions has not been adequately explained.