Knowing you’re being manipulated doesn’t stop it from happening

By Simon Oxenham

Brain Scanner is Simon Oxenham’s monthly column that sifts the pseudoscience from the neuroscience

Do subtle attempts to change your actions still work when you know they’re happening?

It was thought that it’s easier to manipulate people who are kept in the dark, but it now seems we don’t mind being clearly “nudged” to behave in…