084 - Getting Gamers - Jamie Madigan - a podcast by You Are Not So Smart
from 2016-09-08T03:55:43
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Why do people cheat? Why are our online worlds often so toxic? What motivates us to "catch 'em all" in Pokemon, grinding away for hours to hatch eggs?
In this episode, psychologist Jamie Madigan, author of Getting Gamers, explains how by exploring the way people interact with video games we can better understand how brains interact with everything else.SPONSORS:
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