In ‘Brain Academy’, Jeon Hyun-moo says in front of cognitive psychologist Professor Kim Kyung-il that he “has no desire for power at all”, and an ‘embarrassing situation’ occurs where he fails to recover his initial investment.

In the second episode of Channel A’s knowledge-filling quiz show ‘Brain Academy’, which airs at 10 PM on the 5th(Thursday), cognitive psychologist Professor Kim Kyung-il appears as a master in the field of ‘psychology’ and is depicted emitting pleasant chemistry with the ‘6 brains of the entertainment industry’ while asking various psychology-related quizzes.

On this day, Professor Kim Kyung-il tells an interesting story about psychology amidst the warm hospitality of the ‘Brain Six’ Jeon Hyun-moo, Ha Seok-jin, Lee Sang-yeop, Yoon So-hee, Hwang Je-seong, and Gwang-do.In particular, he surprises everyone by saying, “There are people whose fundamental way the brain handles the mind is completely different(from ordinary people).” He then explains, “In psychology, this is explained with the term ‘the dark triangle’, and the three axes are ‘narcissism-Machiavellianism-psychopathy’.” After explaining the three axes in more detail, he asks a surprise question, “Is there a type among these that you are familiar with?” Ha Seok-jin then makes a ‘confession’ -level statement, saying, “Isn’t that a tendency that we all have a little bit?” Gwang-do hears this and says, “I liked Seok-jin hyung…but he’s the dark Ha Seok-jin~”, causing the set to burst into laughter.On the other hand, Jeon Hyun-moo tries to appeal(?) that he has nothing to do with the ‘dark triangle’ by saying, “I have no desire for power at all,” but Professor Kim Kyung-il conducts a sharp psychological analysis, making Jeon Hyun-moo dizzy.

While curiosity is rising about Professor Kim Kyung-il’s ‘pack-pok’ -level psychological analysis, Professor Kim Kyung-il tells a more in-depth story about ‘psychopaths’.He says, “Canadian criminal psychologist Robert Hare studied the psychology of violent criminals and created a diagnostic tool called ‘PCL - R’, which is still the standard for evaluating psychopaths.” At this time, Gwak-gwang’s eyes sparkle and he says, “Isn’t the next question from a psychopath diagnostic test? I think a psychopath among us would be able to answer it.And the person who answers that question is a psychopath!” , making everyone goosebumps.Immediately after, Professor Kim Kyung-il poses a quiz, and Lee Sang-yeop calmly begins to reason, saying, “I’ve played the role of a psychopath twice(in the work).” Gwak-gwang also tries a unique approach, saying, “Let’s think about when we go on a blind date,” and attention is focused on whether the ‘Brain Six’ will be able to work together to answer this question.

The second episode of Channel A’s knowledge-filling quiz show ‘Brain Academy’, featuring Master Kim Kyung-il, a ‘psychology guru’, will air at 10 PM on Thursday the 5th.


Reporter Yang Ju- juyeon@donga.com

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