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Ep8 "How does your brain decide what to buy?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Trick of Giving Context to Your Brain to Secure a Decision

In general, everything in your brain is priced by comparison to other things that are like it. But companies can change where an item sits in your network of associations. For example, a McDonald's billboard took a shot at Starbucks and said $4 for a coffee is done.

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