30 Ways Your Body Secretly Works Against You

30 Ways Your Body Secretly Works Against You

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23 You’re influenced by decoys.

When we are presented with two choices and a third one is added, it can affect our preference between the first two. For example, if given a choice between a small- and medium-sized beverage, we may be likely to select the small—until a large beverage gives all three sizes new context, leading us to more often than not select the medium size instead. This is known as the “decoy effect.”