… Remarkably, in 18 of 20 trials, the amnesiacs voted for the candidate whose views more closely mirrored theirs, even though “[n]ot one amnesic patient was able to recall even a single issue position that was correctly associated with any candidate.” The amnesiac voters justified their choices with vague statements […] Read more »
Your Mind on Magic
… Once a choice is made, our minds tend to rewrite history in a way that flatters our volition, a fact magicians have exploited for centuries. “If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely,” says Teller, one half of the study-in-contrasts duo Penn and Teller. “This […] Read more »