Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Scar Experiment

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The scar experiment is such a clear and and very well told example of seeing what we expect to see. Your confirmation bias it's so good i mean the information that could be interpreted in any way becomes transformed into it's interpreted in one way. That's the whole point of cognitive behavioral therapy what if you could do it in a comment? The person who thought she had slow test taken skills changed her belief which drove a new mindset everywhere because of confirmation bias.

In this episode, Micheal Rousell, author of The Power of Surprise, explains the science of surprise at the level of neurons and brain structures, and then talk about how surprises often lead to the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, the different personal narratives that guide our behaviors and motivations and goals, and, perhaps most importantly, our willingness to be surprised again so that we can change and grow.

In the show, you will how we can use the current understanding of how surprise leads to learning, and how learning depends on interpretation, to improve our lives, and the lives of others