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Your Brain on Money

11 episodes

Money makes us do things we wish we didn’t, but why is that? Behavioral economists and neuroscientists decode psychological dynamics resulting from 25 million years of human evolution — all so you can make smarter financial decisions.

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How to stop fighting over money

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6 min

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Dr. Brad Klontz

How to fix your money trauma

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7 min

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Dr. Brad Klontz

If money doesn’t buy happiness, you’re spending it wrong

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7 min

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Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Change bad spending habits in 5 steps

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7 min

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Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

Which “money personality” are you?

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6 min

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Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

3 steps to cure your money anxiety

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7 min

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Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

What charity does to your brain

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5 min

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How to trick your brain into saving money

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6 min

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Want to save more money? Start playing video games.

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6 min

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How Apple and Nike have branded your brain

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6 min

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The science of ‘herd mentality’

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6 min

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