Hidden Brain

By NPR

SHOW DESCRIPTION

The Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world – and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain's host Shankar Vedantam reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human b...

	EPISODES LIST
		Radio Replay: Watch Your Mouth If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed... If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that different languages make you stretch in different ways. In this month's Radio Replay, we ask whether the structure of the languages we speak can change the way we see the ...	07.20.2018
		Creating God If you've taken part in a religious service, have you eve... If you've taken part in a religious service, have you ever stopped to think about how it all came to be? How did people become believers? Where did the rituals come from? And most of all, what purpose does it ...	07.16.2018
		Snooki and the Handbag Look down at what you're wearing. You picked out that blu... Look down at what you're wearing. You picked out that blue shirt, right? And those sandals — you decided on those because they're comfortable, didn't you? Well, maybe not. Researcher Jonah Berger says we tend to be pretty good at ...	07.09.2018
		The Edge Effect There is great comfort in the familiar. It's one reason h... There is great comfort in the familiar. It's one reason humans often flock to other people who share the same interests, laugh at the same jokes, hold the same political views. But familiar ground may not be the best place ...	07.02.2018
		Fake News: An Origin Story Fake news may seem new, but in reality, it's as old as Am... Fake news may seem new, but in reality, it's as old as American journalism. This week, we look at a tension at the heart of news coverage: Should reporters think of the audience as consumers, or as citizens? Should the ...	06.25.2018

LAST EPISODE

Radio Replay: Watch Your Mouth

07.20.2018

If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that different languages make you stretch in different ways. In this month's Radio Replay, we ask whether the structure of the languages we speak can change the way we see the ...