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Perception, inference and change blindness

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In this video I discuss the limitations of perception; many of which, for the most part, we are unaware of.

We also consider a famous experiment by Schacter and Singer, which demonstrates the way that the brain infers emotional states based on external factors.

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The Mind is Flat: The Shocking Shallowness of Human Psychology

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