You Think You Understand… But Do You? The Science of Human Explanation | Dr. Tania Lombrozo

Podcast: Degrees of Health · Benjamin Hopkins

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

What makes us ask why? And what actually happens in our brains when we try to understand something? In this episode of Degrees of Health, Ben Hopkins sits down with psychologist and cognitive scientist Dr. Tania Lombrozo to explore the science of explanation, curiosity and how we make sense of the world. We get into why explaining something can be one of the most effective ways to learn it, how our brains can convince us we understand something when we don’t, and why the explanations we find satisfying aren’t always the ones...