Captains Keith Colburn and Sig Hansen from the award-winning documentary series “Deadliest Catch” share some surprising science lessons from the fishing world. Plus: learn about the psychology behind “sour grapes.”

When people can't get something they want, they decide it's not worthy of desire by Kelsey Donk

• Sjåstad, H., Baumeister, R. F., & Ent, M. (2020). Greener grass or sour grapes? How people value future goals after initial failure. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88, 103965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103965

Learn more about Deadliest Catch, Tuesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on Discovery

• Official website https://www.discovery.com/shows/deadliest-catch
• Watch Deadliest Catch https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/deadliest-catch
• Follow @DeadliestCatch on Twitter https://twitter.com/DeadliestCatch
• Follow Keith Colburn on Twitter https://twitter.com/crabwizard

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