Why We Seek Meaning in Tragedy

Life can bring major, unexpected changes without warning. How can we adapt when our best-laid plans are suddenly upended?

Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist. Her latest book, “The Other Side of Change,” attempts to answer this question by looking at how change affects the brain and our identities.

She joins us to talk about the neuroscience behind how we deal with different circumstances.

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