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Material World: 15/08/2011

15/08/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 15/08/2011

Mob psychology, multiple sclerosis, chimp communication and shrunken heads.

Quentin looks at the psychology behind riots, the genetics of multiple sclerosis, a classic study of chimpanzee communication and a shrunken head.

This week Quentin Cooper investigates the psychology that turns a peaceful protest into a rioting mob. He hears about a major international study that is tracking down the genetic background to multiple sclerosis. As a new documentary is released about Project Nim, he revisits the classic experiment to bring a chimpanzee up like a human child. And he learns how Amazon tribes shrank human heads.

Producer: Martin Redfern.

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