Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung 233d ago

At just 29 years of age, Leor Zmigrod is considered the founder of a new field of science: political neurobiology. In this field, she researches the connection between political attitudes and the biology of our brains. She shows that our beliefs do not exist as fleeting thoughts detached from our bodies. Rather, ideologies change our brains. At the same time, a certain neurobiological predisposition makes us receptive to certain beliefs. This is why, for example, she is able to draw frighteningly accurate conclusions about her subjects' worldviews using a simple card-sorting experiment. In numerous other experiments, she proves the connection between extreme political positions and our brains, revolutionizing our ideas about radicalization, extremism, and democratic opinion-forming. With: - Dr. Leor Zmigrod, founder of political neurobiology and author - Dr. Ole Meinefeld, Head of Discourse Analysis Division, Heinrich Böll Foundation Time Diagnosis Interventions series: This new series of events and contributions is dedicated to important political books of our time. The focus is on current diagnoses of politics, society, and culture, from bestsellers to new discoveries. In lectures, stage discussions, reviews, and essays, we open up a space for discussion.