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The Bizarre Ways Your Name Affects Your Behavior

Vanessa Hill talks about psychology, neuroscience, and why we act the way we do. Neuroscience has never been so animated.

The Bizarre Ways Your Name Affects Your Behavior

Season 1 Episode 46 | 2m 44s

We love ourselves, and our names, more than we consciously realise. Research has found this implicit egotism has some pretty interesting effects.

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