The Surprising Thing Your Brain Can't Resist

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What exactly makes us want to click on clickbait? In this video, we take a look at the cognitive tricks the media uses to entice us to click on their links.

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Sources:
https://www.wired.com/2015/12/psychology-of-clickbait/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.07921v2.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrywDP9Ii0

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