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BOOK CLUB - RITA CARTER - Being Good Is Good...

Fri 07 Nov 2014

 ...But Is It Good For You?

We are delighted to welcome back scientist, writer and broadcaster Rita Carter whose last Book Club event, Ten Ways to Keep Your Brain Young, was a huge success. Rita will give three insightful talks about different aspects of the brain.

The latest research indicates that being good can reduce your risk of dying in any one year by 20%. But it’s not the acts themselves that matter but some complicated social interaction that goes with them. Rita Carter looks at the desire and benefits of being good and at the minority of people who do not share the desire to be good. Do they have a choice about how they behave?