Derren Brown

Across the millennia, philosophers have thought long and hard about happiness. They have defined it in many different ways and come up with myriad strategies for living the good life....

Ever been embarrassed to forget someone’s name? Mislaid your keys or flummoxed as to why you’ve gone upstairs? In this Audible Original Podcast Derren Brown and a whole bevvy of experts unravel the mysteries of memory to help you better understand how it functions.

Do you ever make mistakes? Do you ever lose your temper and then immediately regret it? Are you impulsive? Do you make great plans which you fail to act on? Do you ever behave irrationally? Don’t worry, it’s not your fault....

In this thoughtful and brilliant new book, the internationally best-selling author of Happy considers the value of friction in our lives....

In this series of Boot Camp, Derren Brown is joined by top behavioural scientists and diverse experts to reveal how we can control the powerful and mysterious forces which often hijack our rational thinking and lead us seriously astray....

The cognitive story behind a simple act of aggression. How our brain is essentially stuck in the Stone Age, struggling to deal with the complexity and pressures of modern life....

Looking at how understanding both the strengths and weaknesses of our brain can help us avoid many of the mistakes we make in life....

We enter the Magic Lab, where science and magic meets. We explore how the brain is prey to a whole range of cognitive defaults and errors which impair our ability to make choices which are in our best interests....

Our brain is a machine for jumping to conclusions. Derren reveals how the Halo Effect, Anchoring and Confirmation Bias distort our ability to judge one another – when interviewing someone for a job for example....

To err is human...but so is our need to deny we have erred. How 'cognitive dissonance' prevents us from admitting errors and learning from our mistakes - leading to medical disasters, miscarriages of justice, warping love and causing life-long feuds....

Our brain defaults to thinking in stereotypes which can result in prejudiced words, thoughts and deeds....

Your brain miscalculates odds and underestimates risk, unless you are the owner of a gambling casino of course....

Our confidence in our ability to multitask is largely misplaced. Our brain is really only capable of efficiently doing one thing at a time....

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Mintea omenească se poate lăsa păcălită de aparențe în situațiile cele mai banale. Nu este grav: trebuie doar să înveți să faci...