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The Open Mind

Season 2020 · Episode 44

Our Brains on Totalitarianism

0.030mNovember 16, 2020

Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett on her book "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain."

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Episode 21The Youth Vote in 2020
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Episode 40Four More Years of Social Media Failure
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Episode 43Chinese Hegemony
Episode 44Our Brains on Totalitarianism
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