This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.

Links and References:

The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature by Iris Berent
A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves by Robert Burton
In BS 96 Dr. Burton raised similar issues to those mentioned in this episode
Iris Berent at Northeastern University: publications
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