Chicago Innovators: Mindworks Offers One-Of-A-Kind Experience

The world’s first interactive lab and museum dedicated to behavioral science comes to downtown Chicago.

Chicago Innovators: Mindworks Offers One-Of-A-Kind Experience
The entrance to Mindworks on the first floor of 224 South Michigan Avenue. Courtesy of Mindworks
Chicago Innovators: Mindworks Offers One-Of-A-Kind Experience
The entrance to Mindworks on the first floor of 224 South Michigan Avenue. Courtesy of Mindworks

Chicago Innovators: Mindworks Offers One-Of-A-Kind Experience

The world’s first interactive lab and museum dedicated to behavioral science comes to downtown Chicago.

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The pandemic has given us a lot of time to think. So how do we make decisions and what shapes our judgment? A new discovery center in downtown Chicago allows visitors to explore these questions and participate in groundbreaking research.

Reset talks to one of the behavioral psychologists behind Mindworks to discuss the interactive space and his ongoing studies on social cognition.

GUEST: Nicholas Epley, John Templeton Keller professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; faculty director of the Center for Decision Research