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What is "normal" and what is "different"?

Yana Buhrer Tavanier · TED

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The word "normal" is often used as a synonym for "typical," "expected," or even "correct." By that logic, most people should fit the description of normal. But time and time again, so-called normal descriptions of our bodies, minds, and perceptions have turned out to match almost no one. So what does normal actually mean— and should we be relying on it so much? Yana Buhrer Tavanier investigates. [Directed by Eoin Duffy, narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, music by Adam Alexander, Bamm Bamm Wolfgang].

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Yana Buhrer Tavanier
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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