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BS 173 Exploring the Unconscious Origins Of Certainty

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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The Feeling of Knowing Is a Reward for Learning

Dr. Burton argues that the feeling of knowing and the feeling of familiarity are integral to learning. Once we have a thought connected to a feeling of correctness, it's hard to undo it. He speculates whether an insistence on being right might be similar physiologically to other sorts of addictions.

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