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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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  • 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.

Alternative & Complementary Medicine Psychology
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great

good listen, gets your brain thinking some very good ideas amd science behind it to back it up

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Informative, Fascinating, Entertaining.

Compelling listening. Science made palatable.. I've enjoyed listening to this audio book 3 times so far & gaining new & clearer insights each time.

Whilst I'm already familiar with some of the facts & experiments referred to this presentation gave me an entertaining & refreshing perspective.

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Really interesting stuff

Enjoyed learning more about the brain, Darren keeps it manageable by using short specific topics. Keen to learn more.

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Great eye opener.

First Audio book I have listened to.
Well narrated. Very interesting.
Good Job. Great Listen.

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a review of social psychology research

a good review of findings from social psychology research but a little too brief in places. I look forward to an expanded edition

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Excellent Podcast!

I loved it! Couldn't get enough of Derren's interesting take on the brain. I was a little hesitant to download it initially, thinking it would be boring psychobabble and mind games - but I was wrong. Derren is humorous but informative and his guests presented information in a really interesting manner. I am now scouring audible for more of his work. Really well done to Derren and his team and many thanks to audible for such an amazing (and free) podcast. I've been telling everyone about it.

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I now understand 'A disaster waiting to happen'

Excellent Boor Camp. A real gem. Interesting,informative and Fun. I will utilise content. Cheers Derren

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fantastic

Great content, very interesting, wonderfully narrated by Derren Brown. would highly recommend this podcast

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Derren Brown never disappoints

very interesting and engaging from beginning to end. highly recommend if you like Derrens work

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Interesting and valuable information

I'm a trained counselor and so some of the information here wasn't new to me. This said, I found the way the knowledge was presented to be interesting and accessable regardless of if I knew the information before or not. Admittedly, I may be biased, this kind of thing is something I generally find enjoyable and I find enjoyable things feel easier for me to interact with. Still, I am of the opinion that this could be helpful for many people, specifically people who might feel stuck but not know why.

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