Psychologist <a href="https://scholar.princeton.edu/kahneman/home">Daniel Kahneman</a> says there are invisible factors that distort our judgment. He calls these factors &ldquo;noise.&rdquo; The consequences can be found in everything from marriage proposals to medical diagnoses and prison sentences. This week on Hidden Brain, we consider how to identify noise in the world, and in our own lives.
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Our Noisy Minds

Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.