084 - Getting Gamers - Jamie Madigan

You Are Not So Smart

Why do people cheat? Why are our online worlds often so toxic? What motivates us to "catch 'em all" in Pokemon, grinding away for hours to hatch eggs?

In this episode, psychologist Jamie Madigan, author of Getting Gamers, explains how by exploring the way people interact with video games we can better understand how brains interact with everything else.

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Show notes at: www.youarenotsosmart.com

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2016-09-08 56 min

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