S2E05: Your Mind on Motivation, Perception & Biases, with Dr. Yuan Chang Leong

1

Introduction

00:00 • 4min

2

How Motivation Biases Perception

03:38 • 3min

3

The Importance of Representation in Perception

06:14 • 5min

4

The Differences in Brain Activity Between Conservatives and Liberals

10:58 • 4min

5

The Importance of Perspective in Political Interventions

14:37 • 6min

6

How to Use Knowledge to Bring People to the Middle

20:34 • 2min

7

The Synergy Between Reinforcement Learning and Education

22:14 • 4min

8

The Importance of Attention in Learning

25:59 • 2min

9

The Importance of Motivation in Advice Taking

28:21 • 5min

10

The Benefits of Unrealistic Optimism in Trusting Experts

32:58 • 3min

11

The Social Confluence of Group Processes

35:56 • 2min

12

The Importance of Seeing the World as It Really Is

37:58 • 3min

13

The Optimism Bias

40:51 • 3min

14

The Role of Resonance Learning in Divergent Interpretations

43:42 • 4min

15

Mines Matter: A New Episode

47:38 • 2min