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
		Rewinding & Rewriting All of us are time travelers. We go back in history to tu... All of us are time travelers. We go back in history to turning points in our lives, and imagine how things could have turned out differently. Psychologists refer to this as "counterfactual thinking." This week on Hidden Brain, we look ...	05.21.2018
		Radio Replay: This Is Your Brain On Ads How many ads have you encountered today? On this week's r... How many ads have you encountered today? On this week's radio replay, we discuss the insidiousness of advertising in American media. We begin with new reporting about the effects cereal commercials have on children. Later in the program, we revisit ...	05.18.2018
		Baby Talk Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us ha... Babies are speaking to us all the time, but most of us have no clue what they're saying. To researchers, though, the babbling of babies is knowable, predictable, and best of all, teachable to us non-experts. This week, we'll get ...	05.14.2018
		Rap on Trial Olutosin Oduwole was an aspiring rapper and college stude... Olutosin Oduwole was an aspiring rapper and college student when he was arrested in 2007. He was charged with "attempting to make a terrorist threat." Prosecutors used his writings — which he maintains were rap lyrics — to build their ...	05.07.2018
		The Fox and the Hedgehog The Greek poet Archilochus wrote that "the fox knows many... The Greek poet Archilochus wrote that "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This week, we'll use the metaphor of the fox and the hedgehog as a way to understand the differences between tacticians and ...	04.30.2018

LAST EPISODE

Rewinding & Rewriting

05.21.2018

All of us are time travelers. We go back in history to turning points in our lives, and imagine how things could have turned out differently. Psychologists refer to this as "counterfactual thinking." This week on Hidden Brain, we look ...