University professor, trial lawyer, folklorist—studying neuroscience, social behaviors, the science of happiness. Ukulele fan. Plant eater. Tells ghost stories.
Every trial is a battle for good & evil, right & wrong—in the jury room.
Jurors debate with their moral brains.
Neuroscience of our moral brains, voir dire, motions, issues: https://t.co/D9x3GWgAOt
Thinking about committing to a few life changes? Need inspiration?
Woody Guthrie's New Years Resolutions (1943) in his road notebook:
Fond of #15 and #18 . . .
Thanks to @katy_milkman for these recommendations!
Especially, THE COLLECTIVE EDGE, which I just ordered.
{I teach Group Communication and focus on the dynamics of PEER GROUPS.}
{Uncertainty.} A place our brains hate to dwell. How do brains deal with choices that involve uncertainty? https://t.co/UjxXK7eGO2
💡Every trial involves uncertainty and choices: witnesses, parties, experts, JURORS
🌿Our brains love plants: Psychological Effects of Plant Companions. The mere sight of an indoor plant can reduce work stress.
Plants can change your state of mind: https://t.co/3GYSMI5f5j. +
https://t.co/Rj6WTwCC71.
{The lousy decisions we all make.}
Lousy decisions witnesses made. Unwanted decisions jurors make—from the 1st witness.
Attorneys: chart out the biases that already contaminated your case. Voir dire. Questionnaires. Raise awareness!
Teachers: Great handout for students.
🎨Our social brains are deeply Colorized!
The Crayola-Fication of the World: how colors got their names. Then it messed with our brains:
https://t.co/tigkbb7ebo
Your Brain doesn't think the way you think it does.
From neuroscience—misleading perceptions about memory, attention, perception:
https://t.co/fr9PDkAy5F
Attorneys: If you need to attack what a witness will testify to, perhaps voir dire jurors on their assumptions?
Our brains constantly try to predict the future.
What happens when our brain is wrong?
Prediction errors:
https://t.co/xL6xuWnLbR
Dopamine and the reward-prediction errors;
https://t.co/57jlyBywi3
We aren't even great at predicting our own hunger: