Leor Zmigrod

Leor Zmigrod: Das ideologische Gehirn Wie politische Überzeugungen wirklich entstehen Leor Zmigrod gilt mit nur 29 Jahren als Begründerin eines neuen Wissenschaftsfelds: der politischen Neurobiologie. Darin erforscht sie den Zusammenhang zwischen politischen Einstellungen und der Biolo...

Ideologiekritik trifft Hirnforschung

Debatte zum Buch „Das politische Gehirn" (@suhrkamp.de)
🗓️ Mi, 11.11., 18h
mit @leorzmigrod.bsky.social

👉 Wie verändern Ideologien unser Gehirn?
👉 Machen uns bestimmte neurobiologische Veranlagungen empfänglich für extreme Glaubenssätze?

@boell.de & online 👇

The Ideological Brain has been chosen by the Financial Times and New Scientist as one of the best summer books of 2025 ☀️

Thank you to all the readers and listeners who have enjoyed it this spring 🌸 and summer 🌻 and now onto the fall 🍁!

Why your brain might be wired for extremism Instant Genius · Episode

🧠 Had the pleasure of sitting down with
@leorzmigrod.bsky.social a few weeks ago to chat about her new book, The Ideological Brain.

🧪 We talked politics, neuroscience, and how they come together in the emerging field of (you guessed it)… political neuroscience.
open.spotify.com/episode/2WdQ...

Leor Zmigrod with the Social Science Bites podcast logo

“[W]e really need to think about what it means to have people with rigid minds and how they encounter our political world.”

Neuroscientist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social explores ideological thinking on a new episode of Social Science Bites.

Listen now: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/07/leor...

Ein Foto von Leor Zmigrod von Annika von Taube.

In der neuen Folge »Dichtung & Wahrheit« ist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social zu Gast und spricht über »Das ideologische Gehirn«, über Identität, Denkstile, digitale Radikalisierung und die Frage, wie wir lernen können, offener zu denken – und so Extremismus entgegenzuwirken: shrk.vg/DichtungUndW...

Neurowissenschaftlerin über Denkmuster: „Ideologien verändern Körper“ Leor Zmigrod hat ideologisches Denken untersucht. Sie erklärt, was Hirnscans zeigen, wie Dschihadisten ticken und warum Social Media extremes Denken befeuern.

Leor Zmigrod hat ideologisches Denken untersucht. Sie erklärt, was Hirnscans zeigen, wie Dschihadisten ticken und warum Social Media extremes Denken befeuern.

If you’re in Cambridge, UK, tomorrow Wednesday 18 June and looking for a break from this beautiful sunny weather (it’s relentless), join our conversation about The Ideological Brain at Bill Gates Sr House with legendary neuroscientist Usha Goswami @uniofcam.bsky.social ☀️📘

On our capacity to resist, political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the human mind in our free film of the week.

Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime

Political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the ideological brain in our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime now.

Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime

Cool that the @nytimes.com thinks The Ideological Brain would be a great Father’s Day gift “for the dad who’s a politics buff” 😎🎁

Political neuroscientist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social will be speaking to Prof Usha Goswami about her new book The Ideological Brain at Bill Gates Sr. House on 18th June, 5-6pm. Sign up here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-... #neuroscience

@downingcollege.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

Going to Extremes: The Science of Susceptible Minds | Cheltenham Festivals Extreme groups like Anti-Vaxxers and Neo-Nazis have started to enter the mainstream. Why is disinformation on the rise, and why are some brains more suscep

And @leorzmigrod.bsky.social is appearing with Dr Julia Ebner in a sold out event at the Cheltenham Science Festival this evening which promises to be really interesting for the lucky people with tickets. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/going...

Das Buch »Das ideologische Gehirn« liegt auf rotem Hintergrund.

Mit nur 29 Jahren begründet @leorzmigrod.bsky.social ein neues Forschungsfeld: die politische Neurobiologie. In ihrem neuen Buch zeigt die preisgekrönte Wissenschaftlerin, wie Denkmuster unsere politische Haltung formen und wer für extreme Positionen anfällig ist: shrk.vg/Ideologische...

On BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme talking about my book THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN with Nick Robinson and Julia Ebner about how we - as individuals - can cultivate resilience to extreme ideologies 🧠

Plakat zur Buchvorstellung und Diskussion mit Dr. Leor Zmigrod. Links ist ein Porträtfoto von Dr. Zmigrod zu sehen, daneben das Buchcover ihres Buches „Das ideologische Gehirn – Wie politische Überzeugungen wirklich entstehen“. Rechts stehen die Veranstaltungsinformationen: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2025, 18 Uhr, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend, Casino-Gebäude, Renate von Metzler-Saal, Cas. 1.801. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Martin Saar. Unten sind die Logos des Suhrkamp Verlags und der Goethe-Universität abgebildet.

🧠 🧪 How does our #brain influence our political stance - and vice versa? Neuroresearcher @leorzmigrod.bsky.social presents her #book "Das ideologische Gehirn" on June 10 | 6 pm at Campus Westend, Cas. 1.801. Event on EN. | 🔗 www.suhrkamp.de/buchpraesent...

Excerpt from ‘The Ideological Brain’ by Leor Zmigrod — Harvard Gazette In new book, neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod traces connections between brain biology, political beliefs.

How Do Extremists Get That Way? Probably Quite Naturally
The Harvard Gazette shares an excerpt from
@leorzmigrod.bsky.social's new book.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Had such a wonderful time talking with @jburnmurdoch.ft.com at the @hayfestival.bsky.social this weekend about The Ideological Brain! 📘

So grateful to the incredible audience and the @financialtimes.com for supporting the event!

Brilliant conversation @hayfestival.bsky.social today between @leorzmigrod.bsky.social and @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about her book THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN. Thanks to @ftweekend.com for sponsoring :)

Awesome to see this excerpt of The Ideological Brain featured in the @harvard.edu Gazette!

If you want a glimpse of the book, check it out here:
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

If you’re in Frankfurt, Hamburg, or Berlin, I’ll be in Germany on book tour and giving public lectures between 10-13 of June — event details on my website, come say hi 👋

🔵⚪️🔴⚫️ It’s publication day for the German translation of The Ideological Brain — Das Ideologische Gehirn!

Delighted that the book can now be found in bookstores across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in this bold and beautiful Bauhaus cover ⚫️🔴⚪️🔵

Oxford 👋 can’t wait for this conversation with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social about The Ideological Brain at the beautiful @blackwells.bsky.social bookstore 📚

There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️

11am this morning (Saturday) upstairs @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on The Ideological Brain - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series

🧠 Why are some brains more vulnerable to extremism?

In the latest Conflict Tipping episode, I speak with Dr Leor Zmigrod about what neuroscience can teach us about radicalisation.

🎧 Listen now + buy her book #TheIdeologicalBrain!
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-8g82b...

@leorzmigrod.bsky.social

Oxford 👋 can’t wait for this conversation with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social about The Ideological Brain at the beautiful @blackwells.bsky.social bookstore 📚

There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️

It was a great interview!

Meta Trial Reveals Mark Zuckerberg & Silicon Valley Hung Out to Dry by Donald Trump YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau

Had a blast on Offline with Jon Favreau @jonfavs.bsky.social talking about my new book The Ideological Brain!

Thanks for the great discussion about nature vs nurture in political extremism.

Full interview on YouTube & wherever you get your podcasts!

@crooked.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqvD...

Why Our Brains Crave Ideology A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking

Neuroscientist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social was among the first wave of scientists to start investigating the neurobiological origins of ideological thinking. Nautilus recently caught up with her to find out makes the human brain so prone to ideology. 🧪

Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired In her new book, “The Ideological Brain,” the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod outlines what makes some people prone to rigid thinking.

Fascinating look at how our brains influence ideology and political beliefs, insightful work by @leorzmigrod.bsky.social. Just added her new book, “The Ideological Brain”, to my reading list! #Neuroscience #Ideology #Politics #ResearchSky

☀️ My interview with The New York Times was featured in today’s @nytimes.com Morning Briefing 🥳

Q: If we’re wired a certain way, can we change?
A: You have agency to choose how passionately you adopt these ideologies and what you reject or what you don’t.

Interview:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...