BS 182 Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller"

This month's episode of Brain Science features
Iris Berent, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason
About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases
toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward
neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.


Links and References:


The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature by
Iris Berent

A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and
Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves by Robert Burton

In BS 96 Dr. Burton raised similar issues to those mentioned
in this episode

Iris Berent at Northeastern University: publications

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references and episode transcripts.



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