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Whenever someone sends you a compliment signal, your brain's 'Advanced Appraisal' automatically activates. Why did they say that? Is this buff conditional? Does it have debuff side effects? You don't lack confidence; you're just used to disassembling all incoming data into multiple layers. For you, praise is never as simple as it seems and always requires decryption time.
💡 Did you know?
Social psychology research finds 'over-analysis' of compliments often stems from 'anxious attachment' tendencies — about 25% of people show higher activation in the anterior cingulate cortex (the brain's uncertainty-processing region) when receiving positive feedback than the person giving it.
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