
Do you really know why you do what you do? | Petter Johansson
Do you really know why you do what you do? | Petter Johansson
TED Talks Business · Petter Johansson
March 6, 201815m 57s
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Show Notes
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.
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