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How we lawyers think (or not)
The beginning of the 21st century brings new understanding of our brains, decision-making, and behavior. We are endowed by evolution with certain mental shortcuts or “heuristics” that we draw on every...
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All evidence points to . . .
Confirmation bias: we seek evidence to confirm existing beliefs while ignoring contrary evidence. Our emotional brain filter allows confirming information but disallows contradictory information. We...
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I know I’m right, I must be right, I can’t be wrong
We all tend to rationalize decisions after the fact to convince ourselves that what we did was the best thing we could have done. In the end, we filter out evidence that conflicts with the decision...
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Your Mind is a Storyteller
You have a storyteller living in your brain. Your storyteller takes up residence just above and behind your left eye, where according to neuroscientists he spins yarns of incredible literary coherence...
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