Experimental psychologist Petter Johansson researches choice blindness -- a phenomenon where we convince ourselves that we're getting what we want, even when we're not. In an eye-opening talk, he shares experiments (designed in collaboration with magicians!) that aim to answer the question: Why do we do what we do? The findings have big implications for the nature of self-knowledge and how we react in the face of manipulation. You may not know yourself as well as you think you do.

Petter Johansson:  Do you really know why you do what you do?

 Do you really know why you do what you do?

cognitive science

psychology

illusion

decision-making

self

magic

TEDx

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