This month’s episode of Brain Science features an extremely timely interview with Dr. Carol Tavris, co-author of the newly released third edition of Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts. Cognitive Dissonance was actually discovered back in 1956 and it is one of the most well-replicated phenomena in experimental psychology. It  also impacts many aspects of our lives, including politics, which is why I am grateful to have Dr. Tavris back on the podcast to help us explore this fascinating, but also disturbing topic.

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Links and References:

• Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson--- add aerio link

• Books and Ideas 43 with Carol Tavris

  • Find this under episode extras in the mobile app

• Elliot Aronson and Carol Tavris, “The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Pandemic.” The Atlantic, July 12, 2020

• David Gal and Derek D Rucker. (2010) “When in doubt, shout! paradoxical influences of doubt on proselytizing.” Psychol Sci. 21(11):1701-7. doi: 10.1177/0956797610385953.

• Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump Ph.D. (July 14, 2020)

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