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Tom Gilovich On the Spotlight Effect

Social Science Bites by Michael Todd

May 4, 202626:40Society & Culture

Tom Gilovich finds it fun to study the whys and wherefores of how human beings make sense of the information delivered by the world around them. And why not, he explains to interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Scienc...

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Tom Gilovich On the Spotlight Effect is an episode from Social Science Bites by Michael Todd. Tom Gilovich finds it fun to study the whys and wherefores of how human beings make sense of the information delivered by the world around them. A...

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