Understanding Self

Jan 30 - Have it your way: How we all perceive "choice" differently

Living where you live, and being brought up how you were - you have a certain perception of choice... but, not everybody shares that perception.

Jan 29 - Context is everything: How our experiences form chemical and contextual responses

Sometimes even the smallest event can change how we perceive something for the rest of our lives. Today, we talk a bit about that... this one is for (or, from) the birds!

Jan 28 - What's my age again? How aging changes our decision making processes

It's said that we make roughly 35,000 decisions a day... that's an awful lot of decision making. In the course of our lives we will make millions of decisions. How do our decision making processes and abilities change over time?  Age, experience, context, and a near-endless stream of other factors play a role... so, let's dive into that...

Jan 27 - Solving It All: Our constant drive to find answers and how is shapes us

As humans, we're always looking for answers to life's questions... why am i here? Who am i? Where did i leave my keys? What do you want for dinner? Our brains are wired to find solutions, and to find them fast - but what's the cost? The path we take to find our solutions not only influences the answers, it also shapes who we are and how we interact with the world around us. So get ready for more questions than answers, and see if you can solve them all! (hint: you really cant...)

Jan 26 - Looks matter: Overcoming appearance, attraction and your implicit beauty bias

It's a fact of life we can't escape - we all make snap judgements based on appearances. It's a part of who we are - both our own appearance and how we are influenced by the appearance of others.  So let's explore that and find out what we can do to better understand our own implicit beauty (and other) biases.