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Daniela Rudloff at the APRU

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This is the presentation given by Daniela Rufloff at the APRU on 23/11/2010. Details of Daniela's talk are below.

Title: "Mental 'Short-Cuts' - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Date: 23/11/10
Speaker: Dr Daniella Rudloff
Title: "Mental ‘Short-Cuts’ – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

Abstract
Can we trust our eyes? Why does a footballer’s performance usually drop right after they’ve been sold to a high-paying football club? What exactly is “anchoring”, and why are we doing it on dry land?

Daniela Rudloff will answer these and other questions by giving an introduction to the everyday mental shortcuts and biases we often employ, arguing that even though they might be misleading, they are also necessary – and almost impossible to avoid.

Biography
Daniela has always had a profound interest in critical thinking, leading her to join the German Skeptics in 1994. In 2006 she commenced a PhD in Psychology to find out what keeps Joe Bloggs from being a rational, reasonable and sceptical person.