Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Episode 13: Terrorism
25 minutes Posted Dec 14, 2015 at 9:04 pm.
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Why do young people join ISIS? Is it nihilism, or, as social scientists suggest, a perverse idealism? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore the psychology of terrorist groups, and why so many young people leave behind promising futures to join them.