Thu. 10/27 - This Is Your Brain On Books

<p><strong><em>Can the books we read permanently change our brains? Or at least impact our values over a lifetime? Two studies that used undergrads as guinea pigs attempt to quantify the effects of powerful books on our brains. Plus, the upcoming election night lunar eclipse and a Halloween asteroid.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>Indeed, <a href="http://indeed.com/goodnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/goodnews</a></li><li>American Musical Supply, Use code COOL at <a href="https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ter.li/AmericanMusicalSupply-COOL</a> for $20 off your next purchase of over $100</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://lithub.com/how-do-the-books-we-read-change-our-brains/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?</a> (Literary Hub)</li><li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-self-delusion-the-new-neuroscience-of-how-we-invent-and-reinvent-our-identities-gregory-berns/18233234?ean=9781541602298" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Self Delusion: The New Neuroscience of How We Invent--And Reinvent--Our Identities</a> by Gregory Berns&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/10804/harry-potter-and-millennials" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harry Potter and the Millennials</a> by Anthony Gierzynksi with Kathryn Eddy</li><li><a href="https://moon.nasa.gov/news/185/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-lunar-eclipse/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What You Need to Know About the Lunar Eclipse</a> (NASA)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BeckePhysics/status/1583820895843323906?s=20&amp;t=ZGivbxoKVqnesz0Ny2fHpQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ISS transit map with lunar eclipse</a> (Christopher Becke, Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://earthsky.org/space/large-asteroid-to-pass-earth-on-november-1-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Large asteroid RM4 to pass closely November 1</a> (E