Book festival from the washington d. C. Welcome to the National Book festival. I am windy meloni of the u. S. Copyright office and the library of congress. Before we begin please note we are reporting this presentation for later webcasting. If you ask a question during the presentation and you are giving us permission to include you in the webcast. Also please turn off all electronic devices. It is now my pleasure to introduce sally satel. Sally satel assists resident scholar at the American Enterprise institute. From 1988 to 1993 she was an assistant professor at Yale University where she remains a lecturer. Satel is the author of many scholarly articles and books including drug treatment, the case for coercion and pcm d. How Political Correctness is corrupting medicine. In brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience, published by basic books in 2013, she and coauthor psychologist Scott Lilienfeld reveal how many of the real world applications of human neuroscience gloss
First book we are discussing here is devoted to education and competing visions of how children learn. Amandas book, the smartest kids in the world and how they got that way takes us to north and poland. Rland, she does this through the eyes of three American Kids learning in those school systems. Analysis r a unique of this. L the Washington Post says is is the most iluminating book ive seen, and the New York Times says this managed to make our culture look strangely new. Trust me, the conclusions have insights for kids of all ages as important parents. Amanda is an investigative journal with the times. Hes also the author of the unthinkable who survives when disaster strikes and why. Please join me in welcoming Amanda Ripley. Thank you. Is great to be here on many levels. One reason is this is the city in which i live. The other reason is i grow most of my articles in the library of congress. It was the only place where i could find some focus and peace. I had a new baby at the time
Assistant professor at Yale University where she means a collector. Sally satel is the author of many scholarly articles and books including drug treatment the case for coercion and how Political Correctness is corrupting medicine. In brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience, published by basic books in 2013, she and coauthor Scott Lilienfeld reveal how many of the realworld application of human neuroscience gloss over its limitations and complexities, often obscuring the many factors in psychologies that shape our behavior and identity. Sally satel and Scott Lilienfeld analyze what brain scans and other narrow technologies can and cannot tell us about ourselves and stress the complex nature of free will and personal responsibility. Brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience was a finalist for the 2013 Los Angeles Times book prize in science. Please welcome sally satel. Great to see every one. Thank you. Apologies about the slide projector, most of my sl
Sally satel discusses her book brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience at the fourteenth annual book festival at the Walter Washington center in washington d. C. Welcome to the National Book festival. I am Wendi Maloney of the Copyright Office of the library of congress. Please note we are recording this presentation from a web casting. If you ask a question during the presentations then you are giving us permission to include you in the web cast. Please turn off all electronic devices. It is my pleasure to introduce sally satel. Sally satel is a psychiatrist and president scholar at the American Enterprise institute. 19881993 she was an assistant professor at Yale University where she remains a lecturer. Sally satel is the author of many scholarly articles and books including drug treatment the case for coercion and pc md how Political Correctness is corrupting medicine. In brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience, published by basic books in 2013, s
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