BS 182 Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller"

<p>This month's episode of <strong><em>Brain Science</em></strong> features <a href="https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/iris-berent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iris Berent</a>, author of "<a title="Amazon" href="https://amzn.to/2M6JDmX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature</a>." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.</p> <p><strong>Links and References:</strong></p> <ul> <li><em><a title="Amazon" href="https://amzn.to/2M6JDmX" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature</a></em> by Iris Berent</li> <li><a title="Ama" href="https://amzn.to/2WadHRg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Can</em>not Tell Us About Ourselves</a> by Robert Burton</li> <li>In <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2013/robert-burtons-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-bsp-96" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BS 96</a> Dr. Burton raised similar issues to those mentioned in this episode</li> <li><a href="https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/iris-berent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iris Berent</a> at Northeastern University: <a href= "https://web.northeastern.edu/berentlab/publications/#_ga=2.145723636.1592572796.1614700859-2110819267.1614700859" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publications</a></li> <li>Please visit <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/">http://brainsciencepodcast.com</a> for additonal references and episode transcripts.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Please Visit Our Sponsors:</strong></div> <ul> <li><strong>TextExpander</strong> at <a href= "https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=brainscience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexpander-Mar-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">textexpander.com/podcast</a></li> <li> <p class="" data-pm-slice= "1 1 ["unorderedList",null,"listItem",null]"> <strong>Green Chef</strong> at <a href=