Blogs Stone Age Brain Your Brain on Politics (Video)
Apr 2, 2016Your Brain on Politics (Video)
tags: politics,election 2016,brain
Rick Shenkman is the publisher of the History News Network. You can follow him on Twitter.
In this video, taped at Seattle Town Hall on January 28, 2016, I reveal what we need to know about the brain to protect ourselves from manipulative politicians.
The talk is based on my new book, POLITICAL ANIMALS: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (Basic Books, 2016).
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