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A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos

A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos

A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

TED Talks Daily · TED

April 10, 202019m 37s

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Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

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