Shankar Vedantam, the author of The Hidden Brain, speaks nationwide about the role of the “hidden brain” in everyday life. Recent talks include highly personalized and interactive multimedia talks on the following topics:
- How unconscious biases shape everyday behavior, including hiring and other practices in the workplace
- What social psychology can reveal about gender roles and biases in personal and professional settings
- The role of the hidden brain in audience engagement and communication, with a focus on the factors that undermine effective communication and persuasion
- The science of excellence: Why elite performance in research, sports and other fields is often concentrated among small groups of people, and how organizations can plant the seeds of such success
- The role of the hidden brain in producing disparities in medical, legal and other professional settings — and what can be done to reduce such disparities
- The effects of culture in the workplace — culture can be a source of both strength and weakness to many organizations
- The science of how teams come together and why they fail
For more information, please email TheHiddenBrain@gmail.com
MEDIA APPEARANCES: THE HIDDEN BRAIN
C-Span — Click on “Watch This Program”
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Ideas Network
Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know?
FACEBOOK
The hidden brain plays a powerful role in every domain of human behavior, from the law to politics, from sports to romance. Join the conversation and start your own discussion group to examine how the hidden brain might be influencing your community, your profession and your interests: www.facebook.com/HiddenBrain
TWITTER
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