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Each week on Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, explore different aspects of human behavior and the brain.

Signal Detection (Part Two)

We've covered what signal detection theory is, so how does it come up when we assign labels to behaviors that could be considered "micro aggressions"? Are there significant benefits to these labels?

In the second episode of this two-part conversation on Two Guys on Your HeadDr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke continue their discussion on signal detection.

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