How does the brain choose its leaders?: FOCUS with Lou Safra

In this episode of FOCUS, Sciences Po's video series that invites professors to approach their field from an unexpected angle, Lou Safra, assistant professor in political psychology at Sciences Po’s Centre for Political Research (CEVIPOF), explains the cognitive mechanisms that affect voting behaviors.

From how psychological stressors in childhood can lead to adult voting behaviors, to differences between conservative and liberal brains, to the possibility that generation Z will be more likely to favor authoritarian leaders, she offers a glimpse of her current research on the intricacies of the human brain and how it relates to politics.

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