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January 15, 2021

Biography

By: Rebecca McInroy

We may think we understand history from the classes we took in school. Yet, there is so much more to the events and the players than we memorized in class. In this episode of Two Guys on Your HeadDr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about how biographies add a missing dimension to the psychology of history.


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