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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Why People Protest According to Psychology, How Scientists Made Blind People “See” Shapes, and May’s Curiosity Challenge
Description: Learn about why people protest and riot, according to social psychology; and how scientists stimulated the brains of blind people to make them “see” shapes. Then, test your knowledge with this month’s edition of the Curiosity Challenge.
Why social psychology says people protest and riot by Kelsey Donk
Klandermans, B. (2013). Demand and Supply of Protest. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470674871.wbespm063
Fisher, N. (2020, May 29). Psychological Research Explains Why People Protest. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolefisher/2020/05/29/the-psychology-of-protests-reveals-why-americans-are-ready-for-action/
Stott, C., & Radburn, M. (2019, November 15). The psychology of riots – and why it’s never just mindless vio...