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Each week on Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, explore different aspects of human behavior and the brain.

Accepting And Dismissing Information

KUT 90.5 | By Jack Anderson
Published April 4, 2019 at 1:11 AM CDT

A new idea that matches our beliefs is easy to latch onto and one that contradicts us makes us try and find reasons why it's false. In an age of information-seeking, how can we best judge "the facts"?

In this episode of ,  and  discuss accepting and dismissing information.
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