Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and How We Decide
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Jonah Lehrer, the author of Proust was a Neuroscientist, has come out with a new book called How We Decide, which examines the science of decision making. Following his talk at the Harvard Bookstore, ThoughtCast speaks with Lehrer about the value of emotion in making rational decisions, the power of wishful thinking to hijack our reason, and the potential to retrain the brain via the mind. This talk was taped July 20, 2009.
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