Ep25 "Why are we so easy to fool?"

Ep25 "Why are we so easy to fool?"

Why are we humans so easily deceived? What are the tricks of the trade, and how can we train ourselves to be more aware of them? What does all this have to do with Theranos, forged letters, and the shell game? Although you presumably wouldn't cheat a stranger out of all her money, there are people who would -- so how can we beef up our immunity against deception? Join Eagleman with guests Christopher Chabris and Dan Simons to discuss their new book, Nobody's Fool.

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Ep31 rebroadcast "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"

Ep31 rebroadcast "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"

Why can you hear some sounds two different ways, depending on which word you’re looking at? Why do electrical outlets sometimes look like a face? How can you have rich visual experience with your eyes...

28 Loka 202454min

Ep1 rebroadcast "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your life?"

Ep1 rebroadcast "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your life?"

When he was a child, Eagleman fell off a roof and time seemed to run in slow motion. When he became a neuroscientist, he grew curious about the experience and collected hundreds of similar stories fro...

21 Loka 202430min

Ep80 "What's it like to never forget?"

Ep80 "What's it like to never forget?"

What would it be like to have a vastly better memory than you do now?  What if you could remember what you were wearing on any day a dozen years ago? Or who you were with, what the conversation was, a...

14 Loka 202442min

Ep79 "Does everyone have different mind's eyes, mind's ears, and mind's tongues?"

Ep79 "Does everyone have different mind's eyes, mind's ears, and mind's tongues?"

When you imagine something -- like the sun peeking over a mountain during an early morning rainstorm -- do you see it with rich visual detail, or instead with very little internal picture? In an earli...

7 Loka 202439min

Ep78 "Does your brain have one model of the world or thousands?"

Ep78 "Does your brain have one model of the world or thousands?"

Why do you see a unified image when you open your eyes, even though each part of your visual cortex has access to only a small part of the world? What is special about the wrinkled outer layer of the ...

30 Syys 202452min

Ep77 "What is Life?"

Ep77 "What is Life?"

How do you define what things are living and dead? You might look at a sprinting cheetah and say it's clearly alive, whereas a chunk of rock is not -- but where do we draw the line? What might we expe...

23 Syys 202450min

Ep76 "How do you decide?" (Part 2)

Ep76 "How do you decide?" (Part 2)

Do brains time travel? What is a prediction error? What does any of this have to do with the 2008 crash of the economy, how we keep internal price tags, or a rational approach to drug addiction in soc...

16 Syys 202441min

Ep75 "How do you decide?" (Part 1)

Ep75 "How do you decide?" (Part 1)

When you make a decision about what food to order, what's happening in your brain? How do you clinch long-term decisions, like hitting the gym instead of doomscrolling? And what does any of this have ...

9 Syys 202432min

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