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Ep. 6 Mahzarin Banaji and Unconscious Biases

Ep. 6 Mahzarin Banaji and Unconscious Biases

FromExplain the Brain


Ep. 6 Mahzarin Banaji and Unconscious Biases

FromExplain the Brain

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Length:
5 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This Harvard psychologist's work has shown that most of us are racist, sexist, age-ist, class-ist, able-ist, and so on. Basically we're pre-destined to stereotype others. But, she says, that doesn't mean we can't retrain our brains to move past prejudices.

A longer version of this interview appeared in Episode 7 of The Organist podcast: https://soundcloud.com/the-organist/mahzarin-banaji-ep-7-the
Released:
Aug 26, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

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From The Mind Science Foundation (mindscience.org), a little show that asks big questions about our minds, with help from the boldest scientists in neuroscience and psychology. Produced and hosted by public radio reporter Audrey Quinn.