Have you ever been falsely accused of something? Many of us think there’s only one way we’d act in such a situation: we’d defend ourselves. We’d do whatever it takes to clear our name — and above all else, we’d never, ever confess to something we didn’t do. But psychologist <a href="https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/saul-kassin">Saul Kassin</a> says that’s a myth. This week, we bring you a favorite 2022 episode about why we sometimes act against our own self-interest — even when the stakes are at their highest.In this week's episode, you'll learn about:<ul><li>Why we often freeze and fail to defend ourselves when someone accuses us of something</li><li>The various types of false confessions</li><li>What happens in our minds when we're pressured to confess to something that we didn't actually do</li><li>How police interrogation tactics are being used in workplaces and other organizations</li><li>Potential solutions to the problem of false confessions </li></ul>For more on the psychological dimensions of criminal justice, check out <a href="https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-monsters-are-made/ ">our episode on the infamous Stanford prison experiment</a>.And if you'd like to check out the research of Saul Kassin and others on this topic, visit <a href="https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/did-i-really-do-that/">our web page for this episode</a>. Episode image by Tama66, Pixabay.

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