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How Labels Can Affect People's Personalities And Potential

By Shankar Vedantam

Published December 11, 2017 at 4:38 PM EST

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Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

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