The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation - Paperback

by Drew Westen (Author)

This is a groundbreaking and surprising scientific investigation into how the mind works, how the brain works and what this means for why candidates win and lose elections.

Author Biography

Drew Westen received his B.A. at Harvard, an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex (England), and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he subsequently taught for six years. For several years he was Chief Psychologist at Cambridge Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and lives in Atlanta.