The answer is extracted from an article titled"The Psychology of Bragging" published by Counselling

澳大利亞專業諮詢師協會（Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors）的官方博客Counsing Connection

Connection, which is the official blog of the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors,

發表的一篇題為《吹牛心理學》的文章 ，該協會

which is an organization providing education in counseling.

是一家提供諮詢教育的組織。

According to this article, when people shared information about themselves, the same areas

根據這篇文章，當人們分享關於自己的信息時，

of the brain activated as those that light up when we are eating food or having sex!

大腦中在我們在吃東西或做愛時會激活的相同區域會被激活！

By the way, This article did not do a very good job revealing the source of this information

順便說一句，這篇文章沒有很好地揭示這些信息的來源，

but I believe they are referring to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy

但我相信他們指的是 2012 年發表在《美國國家科學院院刊》上的

of Sciences in 2012 titled "Disclosing information about the self is intrinsically rewarding"

題為“披露有關自我的信息本質上是能滿足”的 研究

So here you go, people are bragging because it feels good, not surprising at all.

所以就是這樣，人們在吹噓是因為感覺很好，一點也不奇怪。

But I think the real question here is why they don't know they are annoying while they

但我認為這裡真正的問題是為什麼他們不知道他們

are doing so?

這樣做的時候很煩人？

Irene Scopelliti, a behavioral scientist, and her colleagues at the City University

行為科學家 Irene Scopelliti 和她在

of London exploring this issue in a 2015 research published in the journal Psychological Science

倫敦城市大學的同事在 2015 年發表在《心理科學》雜誌上的一項研究中探討了這個問題

where they asked subjects to provide a profile about themselves.

，他們要求受試者提供關於自己的個人資料。

Profile writers were asked to rate how interesting they believed their profiles would appear

個人資料作者被要求評估他們認為自己的個人資料

to others.

在其他人看來的有趣程度。

Profile “raters”, on the other hand, then read the profiles and rated them on how interesting they were.

另一方面，個人資料“評分者”然後閱讀個人資料並根據他們的有趣程度對其進行評分。

The findings showed that there was zero correlation between the profile providers' predictions

調查結果表明，檔案提供者的預測

and how much the raters did like the profiles.

與評分者對檔案的喜歡程度之間的相關性為零。

The profile writer significantly overpredicts how interesting their profiles are in the

簡介作者大大高估了他們的簡介在

eyes of the others.

其他人眼中的有趣程度。

So your annoying relatives likely do not know how boring and annoying they are when they

所以你討厭的親戚可能不知道他們

are bragging, they might even be thinking they are sharing something very interesting

吹牛的時候有多無聊和討厭，他們甚至可能認為他們正在分享一些對

to you and you should appreciate it.

你來說非常有趣的東西，你應該欣賞它。

Isn't it scary?Hello, everyone!

不可怕嗎？大家好！

This short video is part of the original What People Also Ask series, in which I preach

這段簡短的視頻是原始人們還問的系列的一部分，我在其中宣講

how to find useful information using Google's People Also Ask feature.

如何使用谷歌的人們也問功能找到有用的信息。

Every week, I make a video focusing on one specific entity with more in-depth content.

每週，我都會製作一個視頻，重點關註一個具有更深入內容的特定實體。

You can watch the entire episode using the link in the description or the end card on

您可以使用描述中的鏈接或 屏幕 上的結束卡觀看整個劇集

the screen.

。

You can also subscribe if you enjoy my content.

如果您喜歡我的內容，也可以訂閱。

Look forward to seeing you!

很期待見到你！