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Apr 2016
27m 49s

Episode 26: Grit

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
About this episode
Grit is a quality that parents strive to teach to their children, and teachers strive to teach their students. This week on Hidden Brain, we explore grit, and ask, does it also have a downside? 
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