Your Brain on Money

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Your Brain on Money

This series delves deep into the psychological biases affecting our financial decisions, revealing why we often act irrationally with money by examining cognitive biases and providing practical counter-strategies.

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7 episodes51 min total

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Anchoring: Why the first number stays stuck in your brain

Anchoring: Why the first number stays stuck in your brain

Explore the anchoring bias, a cognitive bias where our decision making is heavily influenced by the first piece of information we receive. Discover ho...

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Loss aversion: Why you hold losing stocks too long

Loss aversion: Why you hold losing stocks too long

Unpack the concept of loss aversion which explains why individuals are more sensitive to losses than gains. Learn why this bias can lead to poor inves...

Hyperbolic discounting: Why you always pick the immediate reward

Hyperbolic discounting: Why you always pick the immediate reward

Investigate hyperbolic discounting, which skews our preferences towards immediate rewards. Understand how this bias impacts savings, investments, and...

Sunk cost fallacy: The money trap that keeps costing you money

Sunk cost fallacy: The money trap that keeps costing you money

Discover the sunk cost fallacy, a cognitive bias that leads individuals to continue an endeavor due to prior investments, rather than present and futu...

Present bias: Why future you never gets the resources

Present bias: Why future you never gets the resources

Delve into present bias and explore why people often choose immediate benefits at the expense of future well-being. Understand how this bias impacts r...

The availability heuristic: Why your portfolio looks like last year's news

The availability heuristic: Why your portfolio looks like last year's news

Learn about the availability heuristic, a mental shortcut used to evaluate the likelihood of events based on recent memories. Uncover how it can lead...

Putting it together: Your personalized money bias roadmap

Putting it together: Your personalized money bias roadmap

Integrate the cognitive biases discussed throughout the series to create a personalized strategy for recognizing and countering them in your financial...

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