# Are we in control of our own decisions?

- Institution: TED
- Department: EG 2008
- Speaker: Dan Ariely
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.

## Lectures

1. [Are we in control of our own decisions?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_ariely_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions/cb0208b5a214), 18 min (TED's player)