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Exploring the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior | Team: NPR host Shankar Vedantam & Supervising Producer
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Hidden Brain 13 uur
New episode alert!! The Oscar. The Genius Grant. Employee of the Month. Best Hair. Why are there so many awards everywhere? We talk to economist Bruno Frey about why prizes and honors are so irresistible. 🏆🏆🏆 | Better Than Cash
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Hidden Brain 24 feb.
Poet grew up just miles from the facility once known as the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-minded. She says learning about its history sparked a special sort of pain for her. | Emma, Carrie, Vivian 🎧 🔊
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Hidden Brain 22 feb.
Sometimes, the tools we create to improve our lives can become instruments of prejudice and oppression. This week, we explore how science and the law were used in the eugenics movement, which sought to improve the human race through better breeding. 🎧
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Hidden Brain 21 feb.
Institutions known as "colonies" were created in the 20th century to care for and detain people viewed as disabled or deranged. Historian says women who were seen as "unable to control themselves" were among those sent to these colonies. |
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Hidden Brain 21 feb.
Who gets to have children? For Carrie Buck, the decision was taken out of her hands when she was forcibly sterilized for being “feeble-minded.” | Emma, Carrie, Vivian 🔊 🎧
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Hidden Brain 19 feb.
Carrie Buck was a poor young woman from Virginia. In 1927, she was forcibly sterilized by the state for being “feeble-minded.” This week, we hear her story and how her case opened the door to thousands of forced sterilizations in the U.S. | 🎧 🔊
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Hidden Brain 19 feb.
"I didn't want the operation. I kicked against it." Those are the words of Carrie Buck, who was forcibly sterilized after the Supreme Court ruled against her. This week, we revisit our story about Carrie, and about the people to fought to sterilize her.
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Hidden Brain 17 feb.
So you're watching YouTube, trying to learn a new skill -- say, for example, how to juggle some bowling pins. Researcher Ed O'Brien says there's a simple way to gauge how well you'll do. | Close Enough 🔊
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Kristen Warren 16 feb.
Waited 15 minutes for valet to bring my car around. Turns out he was hooked on a segment from and had to hear the ending. Can't be mad at that. Happens to me a lot.
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Hidden Brain 15 feb.
Jon Sharp likes to watch instructional videos to learn how to make things in his wood shop. But lately he's been finding himself spending less time in his shop, and more time on his couch, just watching those how-videos. | Listen: "Close Enough" 🔊
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Hidden Brain 14 feb.
Do you prefer watching cooking shows instead of cooking? You're not alone. We recently asked for your stories of living through others. The response was overwhelming. | Listen: Close Enough 🔊
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Hidden Brain 14 feb.
You know that trick magicians sometimes do, where they'll pull a tablecloth out from under plates and silverware, without disturbing anything? If you watched a how-to video explaining the trick, do you think you could pull it off? | Listen: "Close Enough"
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Hidden Brain 12 feb.
Watching experts do expert things can be motivating...or it can be deflating. We watch them perform with ease, and wonder why we can't do the same -- even though they may have spent years perfecting their skills. | 🔊 New episode: "Close Enough"
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Hidden Brain 11 feb.
New podcast episode out now! Today, more and more of us are living through the people on our screens and in our headphones. It’s not real, but for many of us, it’s close enough. | 🔊 Listen: Close Enough -
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Hidden Brain 10 feb.
How do the left and right hemispheres of the brain work together? Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist uses a musical metaphor to explain. (You'll want to turn up your volume for this one!) Listen: "One Head, Two Brains"
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Hidden Brain 8 feb.
Als antwoord op @lilmornindew
It's the episode called "Radio Replay: Looking Back" in our podcast feed. Thanks for listening! -TB
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Hidden Brain 7 feb.
There's so much excitement around today as our colleagues and launch their new show, . Go give it a listen, and tell your friends to do the same!
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Hidden Brain 7 feb.
Scientists have long been intrigued by the fact that the human brain is divided into left and right hemispheres. Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist says this division can also be seen in plenty of other species. | Listen: "One Head, Two Brains"
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Hidden Brain 7 feb.
We're truly delighted to receive this recognition of our "Why Now?" episode. Thank you, !
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The Divided Brain 5 feb.
An interview with Iain McGilchrist: One Head, Two Brains: How The Brain's Hemispheres Shape The World We See
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