Strengthen your internal lie detector | Amishi Jha

How to see through the lies that surround us. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next ► How to catch a liar (assuming we want to) https://youtu.be/wq-poN6sLF8 The world today feels like it's a constant VUCA environment: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. The shifting landscape, the bombarding of information toward us, and always having to work in sort of a 24/7 environment. This is problematic because we feel like we're all in a collective crisis of attention. So it's very important that we, as citizens of the world, understand what is true and what is false. A question that should be on our minds these days is: 'What is the role of attention in minimizing truth bias?' Read the video transcript ► https://ift.tt/hEWqyjS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Amishi Jha: Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University. Dr. Jha’s work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and The Pentagon. She has received coverage in the The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Forbes and more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more of our stories on truth bias: This chart will tell you how biased your favorite news source is ► https://ift.tt/KTEvNjs 7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader ► https://ift.tt/DfCmAd9 Why the illusory truth effect works ► https://ift.tt/ynOtpV8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Big Think | Smarter Faster™ ► Big Think The leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century. ► Big Think+ Make your business smarter, faster: https://ift.tt/stpz2R7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want more Big Think? ► Daily editorial features: https://ift.tt/sDPrFkm ► Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: https://ift.tt/U5pT8Nb ► Facebook: https://ift.tt/aGmvep1 ► Instagram: https://ift.tt/bWvT4X9 ► Twitter: https://ift.tt/czLCj5T