Leor Zmigrod
@leorzmigrod.bsky.social
Political psychologist and neuroscientist investigating what makes some brains more susceptible to ideological extremism than others and what it means to break free from rigid dogmas. First book The Ideological Brain out now! 📘
www.leorzmigrod.com
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Leor Zmigrod
@leorzmigrod.bsky.social
· Jan 15
First time on Bluesky 👋☁️
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙
🟠 Delighted to share that my book The Ideological Brain will be out in March (and in >10 languages later this year)! 🔵
📘 It’s about what makes some brains susceptible to rigid worldviews, how ideologies infiltrate our minds and bodies, and what it means to break free 📙
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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 👇
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 👇
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...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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 👇
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 🍁!
Thank you to all the readers and listeners who have enjoyed it this spring 🌸 and summer 🌻 and now onto the fall 🍁!
September 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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 🍁!
Thank you to all the readers and listeners who have enjoyed it this spring 🌸 and summer 🌻 and now onto the fall 🍁!
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🧠 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...
@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...
Why your brain might be wired for extremism
Instant Genius · Episode
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July 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🧠 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...
@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...
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“[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...
Neuroscientist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social explores ideological thinking on a new episode of Social Science Bites.
Listen now: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/07/leor...
July 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“[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...
Neuroscientist @leorzmigrod.bsky.social explores ideological thinking on a new episode of Social Science Bites.
Listen now: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/07/leor...
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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...
June 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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...
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Leor Zmigrod hat ideologisches Denken untersucht. Sie erklärt, was Hirnscans zeigen, wie Dschihadisten ticken und warum Social Media extremes Denken befeuern.
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.
taz.de
June 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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 ☀️📘
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
@downingcollege.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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 ☀️📘
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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
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
June 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
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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
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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
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” 😎🎁
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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” 😎🎁
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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
@downingcollege.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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
@downingcollege.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social
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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...
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
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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...
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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...
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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 🧠
June 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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 🧠
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🧠 🧪 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...
June 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🧠 🧪 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...
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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...
The Harvard Gazette shares an excerpt from
@leorzmigrod.bsky.social's new book.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Excerpt from ‘The Ideological Brain’ by Leor Zmigrod — Harvard Gazette
In new book, neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod traces connections between brain biology, political beliefs.
news.harvard.edu
May 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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...
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!
So grateful to the incredible audience and the @financialtimes.com for supporting the event!
May 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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!
So grateful to the incredible audience and the @financialtimes.com for supporting the event!
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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 :)
May 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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 want a glimpse of the book, check it out here:
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
May 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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 want a glimpse of the book, check it out here:
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
🔵⚪️🔴⚫️ 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 ⚫️🔴⚪️🔵
Delighted that the book can now be found in bookstores across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in this bold and beautiful Bauhaus cover ⚫️🔴⚪️🔵
May 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🔵⚪️🔴⚫️ 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 ⚫️🔴⚪️🔵
Delighted that the book can now be found in bookstores across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in this bold and beautiful Bauhaus cover ⚫️🔴⚪️🔵
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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 ☀️
There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️
Really looking forward to interviewing @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on Saturday 11am about the Ideological Brain @blackwelloxford.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Leor Zmigrod and Nigel Warburton
The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day. The Ideological Brain is essential reading in today's polarized and polarizing world.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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 ☀️
There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️
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11am this morning (Saturday) upstairs @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on The Ideological Brain - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series
May 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
11am this morning (Saturday) upstairs @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on The Ideological Brain - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series
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🧠 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
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
May 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🧠 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
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 ☀️
There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️
Really looking forward to interviewing @leorzmigrod.bsky.social on Saturday 11am about the Ideological Brain @blackwelloxford.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Leor Zmigrod and Nigel Warburton
The human brain faces a set of dilemmas every day. The Ideological Brain is essential reading in today's polarized and polarizing world.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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 ☀️
There are still FREE tickets available for this Saturday so start your weekend with a dose of philosophy ☀️
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It was a great interview!
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...
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...
Meta Trial Reveals Mark Zuckerberg & Silicon Valley Hung Out to Dry by Donald Trump
YouTube video by Offline with Jon Favreau
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It was a great interview!