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Petter Johansson: Do you really know why you do what you do?

Experimental psychologist Petter Johansson researches choice blindness — a phenomenon where we convince ourselves that we're getting what we want, even when we're not. In an eye-opening talk, he shares experiments (designed in collaboration with magicians!) that aim to answer the question: Why do we do what we do? The findings have big implications for the nature of self-knowledge and how we react in the face of manipulation. You may not know yourself as well as you think you do.

English
  • Originally Aired March 6, 2018
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code PetterJohansson_2016X
  • Network YouTube
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Name Type Role
Petter Johansson Guest Star