David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust
[14:02] What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist …
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Dan Gilbert: Why we make bad decisions
[34:09] Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness — sharing some surprising tes…
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V.S. Ramachandran: Illusions, delusions and the brain
[1:25:14] This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will focus on body image and m…
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Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit
[14:40] With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claim…
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Timothy Wilson: Redirect – Personal story editing
[18:25] In this RSA talk Professor Wilson reveals how many conventional psychological therapies and interventions, …
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Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
[4:00] You’ll try not to of course – but you will, unwittingly. At least there is comfort in knowing you…
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Health Claims: Cluster bluster
[7:01] We’ve seen that what we perceive and remember is literally shaped by our experiences and expectations. T…
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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory
[20:37] Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel K…
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Nita Farahany: Determinism & Freedom
[3:40] Nita Farahany focuses on the legal, philosophical and social issues arising from developments in the bioscien…
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Richard Dawkins interviews Illusionist Derren Brown
[53:14] In his series Enemies of Reason Richard Dawkins interviewed in an hour long special Derren Brown to get some ins…
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