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Maroc Maroc - WN.COM - Science - 18/Oct 03:34

Why some brains are wired for extremism

Silver Place // Shutterstock Why some brains are wired for extremism Why do some people cling so tightly to rigid worldviews, even when all the evidence proves them wrong? That is the question at the center of “The Ideological Brain,” a new book by neuroscientist Dr. Leor Zmigrod, that examines not just what we believe, but why our brains are wired to believe it. Drawing on a decade of empirical research, “The Ideological Brain” breaks down what makes a mind more vulnerable or more resilient to extremist ideologies. Zmigrod’s work is anchored in studies that measure just how flexible or rigid a person’s capacity to process change is, including the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, which asks...

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