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Creating Order

Creating Order

Two groups of volunteers complete two tasks to help illustrate a connection between our sense of control and our tendency to seek order in the world around us.

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National Geographic Channel

Our brains are hardwired to seek patterns in the world around us. But can this tendency be affected by the level of control that we feel we have in a given situation? Expert Dr. Jennifer Whitson demonstrates research findings that help explain a connection between our sense of control and a need to create order.

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Writer
Chandana Jasti, National Geographic Society
Copyeditor
Jeannie Evers, Emdash Editing, Emdash Editing
Producer
Andrew Rasner, National Geographic Society
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Last Updated

October 19, 2023

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