Leviathan - Mindfucked - How Politics Disorders Thinking: Neuroscientist and Psychologist Ian Robertson & Colm O'Regan

What’s really going on inside your head when you argue about politics—or hit “post” before you’ve had a second thought? Join neuroscientist and psychologist Prof Ian Robertson (TCD) in conversation with comedian and broadcaster Colm O’Regan as they explore the strange workings of the political mind. From confirmation bias to cognitive dissonance, logical fallacies to tribal loyalty, this is a session that asks: are we really voting with our heads—or with something a little deeper and messier? In partnership with the Electoral Commission