About Book

This Element investigates the neurocognitive processes of online radicalization, highlighting how exposure to extremist propaganda videos influences individuals’ cognitive empathy, emotions, and psychological responses. Using electroencephalography (EEG), the book explores the intersection of neuropolitics and radicalization studies, demonstrating how online extremist content contributes to self-radicalization pathways. By combining insights from political neuroscience, social psychology, and experimental political science methods, Tiffiany Howard provides an innovative framework to understand how the internet accelerates radicalization and how extremist propaganda impacts the human mind.