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Steven Novella is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in science communication and skepticism, including hosting the podcast 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' and teaching courses on critical thinking and neuroscience.
Known for: Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
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Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
This course explores the cognitive biases and logical fallacies that distort human thinking. Dr. Steven Novella, a neurologist and educator, explains how the brain constructs reality, why we are prone to deception, and how scientific reasoning and skepticism can help us think more clearly and make better decisions.
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The Brain’s Construction of Reality
When I tell my medical students that their brains are lying to them, they usually laugh—until they realize I mean it quite literally. What we perceive is not an objective snapshot of the world but an adaptive simulation created from incomplete sensory data. Our eyes send inverted, low-resolution ima...
From Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
Cognitive Biases and Heuristics: Thinking’s Hidden Shortcuts
Our brains evolved to make quick judgments under uncertainty. In the ancestral environment, deliberation often meant death; we needed fast heuristics—mental shortcuts—to decide whether rustling grass hid a predator or prey. These shortcuts were efficient for survival but remain embedded in modern re...
From Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills
About Steven Novella
Steven Novella is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in science communication and skepticism, including hosting the podcast 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' and teaching courses on critical thinking and neuros...
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Steven Novella is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in science communication and skepticism, including hosting the podcast 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' and teaching courses on critical thinking and neuros...
Steven Novella is an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. He is known for his work in science communication and skepticism, including hosting the podcast 'The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe' and teaching courses on critical thinking and neuroscience.
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