You forget a name.
You say the wrong word.
You walk into a room and forget why.
You repeat a mistake you can't explain.
What if these moments reveal more about how your mind works than you realize?
A brief description of the project's mission
The Slip explores the psychology behind ordinary mistakes from forgotten names and misplaced intentions to wrong words, automatic behavior, memory errors, attention, habits, and the unconscious mind
Freud made everyday mistakes psychologically interesting.
But an everyday mistake does not automatically prove a hidden desire.
Modern psychology gives us other mechanisms to consider: memory retrieval, limited attention, automatic behavior, competing goals, emotional states, and learned habits.