Much of what we remember and believe is flawed or simply wrong. Our brains seem to constantly generate false observations, memories, and beliefs — and yet we tend to take the truth of our experiences for granted. In this course, you will learn the many ways in which our human brains deceive us and lead us to conclusions that have little to do with reality. You will also learn strategies that can be used to combat the mind’s many deceptions. This course explains what is called metacognition: thinking about thinking itself.