Ury: Human brains fill in incomplete information with positive assumptions
Logan Ury · Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing · Mar 18, 2025 · at 41:39
Logan Ury, behavioral scientist and Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, explains why people build idealized fantasies when viewing sparse online dating profiles.
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“So there's research on the brain that shows when our brain gets an incomplete picture of something, we fill in the gaps in a way that makes it more positive.”
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