Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Trying something new at a restaurant builds the foundation of how we’ll expect that dish to taste in the future. Whether we order the same thing again later depends on our expectations of the dish plus other factors, like our real-time desires and relationship to our environment.
Learn how our choices are not fixed, but fluid — shaped by who we are and what we want in the moment.
This is a video from the 2025 Brain Awareness Video Contest.
Created by Lik Wang Pak
Trying something new at a restaurant builds the foundation of how we’ll expect that dish to taste in the future. Whether we order the same thing again later depends on our expectations of the dish plus other factors, like our real-time desires and relationship to our environment.
Learn how our choices are not fixed, but fluid — shaped by who we are and what we want in the moment.
This is a video from the 2025 Brain Awareness Video Contest.
Created by Lik Wang Pak
