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Derren Brown's Boot Camp for the Brain

By: Derren Brown, Brian King
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<i>Derren Brown's Boot Camp for the Brain</i>
An introduction from Derren Brown
The Decoy Effect and popcorn
Dating apps, the colour red and our subconscious
  • Derren Brown's Boot Camp for the Brain
  • An introduction from Derren Brown
  • The Decoy Effect and popcorn
  • Dating apps, the colour red and our subconscious
Episodes
  • Ep 1: The Troublesome Brain

    Ep 1: The Troublesome Brain
    Feb 23 2021

    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. And how an ongoing battle between our twin cognitive systems - our fast and slow thinking brains - lies behind much that goes wrong in our lives.  
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    29 mins
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  • Ep 2: The Illusion of Free Choice

    Ep 2: The Illusion of Free Choice
    Feb 23 2021

    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. Derren reveals the mistakes our brains make, but also identifies ways to avoid them – including the cunning Decoy Effect, which causes excessive popcorn consumption.
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  • Ep 3: What You See Is All There Is

    Ep 3: What You See Is All There Is
    Feb 23 2021

    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. And nothing makes it more difficult for us to read each other than our powerful instinct to lie, and our equally instinctive tendency to believe.  
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Derren Brown

About the creator

Born in Croydon in 1971, Derren’s big break came in 1999 when he was asked by Channel 4 to put a TV show together – Derren Brown: Mind Control. Since then, his name has become synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. Amongst a varied TV career, Derren has played Russian Roulette live, convinced middle-managers to commit armed robbery, led the nation in a séance, stuck viewers at home to their sofas and successfully predicted the National Lottery. He has won various awards, including a BAFTA, an RTS Award and two Olivier Awards. In 2017, Derren made his stage debut in New York with his show Secret, winning the 2018 NY Drama Desk award for Unique Theatrical Entertainment. As an author, he has received much praise for his best-selling books, Tricks of the Mind, Confessions of a Conjuror and Happy. He is currently preparing for Showman, a new UK tour.

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Brilliantly beneficial. I highly recommend!

Witty, engaging, and beneficial.

I have previously read and listened to Darren Brown's book "Happy", and found that to be illuminating and profoundly helpful. This series is completely separate, but also a lovely addition to that. It identifies and breaks down our thought processes, helping us to take control of making decisions and so live a more conscious life. With pandemic life becoming quite a grind for me, it was the perfect time to listen to this and regain authorship. Plus, the episodes are just the right length and very well produced. Thank you, Derren.

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Are you listening to this, brain?

A fascinating account of how the mind operates and how it can be influenced and understood. Has so much information I may have to listen again.

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Loved it

An excellent psychological insight into the human brain. I'm sure there's a lot of things here that anyone with a historical interest or qualification in behavioural science will already know, but for others like me who don't, it's likely to be a fascinating and valuable listen.

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Thought provoking

Good pacing, helps to formalise a lot of intuitive dilemmas. A good, short series for those interested in understanding their psychology through behavioural science.

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Brilliant!

A review requires at least fifteen words, I could sum this up with one, Brilliant!

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very illuminating indeed

Useful information delivered humorously by the man of magic. We could all benefit by taking a deep breath under conditions of stress.

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makes you think

amazing podcast. looking forward to hearing more in the future. makes you think and is interesting.

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Very insightful!

Applicable to all of us in daily life. The insight really make you look at how you approach tasks in the everyday space.

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It's really great

We really enjoyed listening to it. It is mainly about the science behind the subject, explaining how our brain is wired.

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Derren's on form!

Presented by the man himself with typical panache this is an entertaining and concise digest of why we think what we think, and do what we do. It is a lively reworking of Kahneman's "Thinking, fast and slow." Well worth listening to with some surprising twists.

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