A Mind, Made Up

Hour 2: Having an open mind is a characteristic we aspire to. But how much of our mind is already made up because of our brain chemistry? As part of KERA’s Breakthroughs initiative, we’ll talk this hour about how we may be predisposed to certain belief systems and methods of decision-making with neuroscientist D.F. Swaab, author of We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer’s (Spiegel & Grau).