About this episode

Tyler Woods discusses the reasons behind people's strong beliefs in falsehoods and the psychology of conviction.

Join Tyler Woods, PhD, today as she talks about why people believe in things that are not true, or how they get so convinced. She tries to unwind the mystery of why people’s beliefs are stronger than facts. Now that is quite a big ball of yarn to indwind so give it a listen.

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Woods

Topics covered

• beliefs
• behaviors
• psychology
• truth
• cognition

Keywords

• beliefs
• false beliefs
• psychology
• cognitive dissonance
• truth
• conviction

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