UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #16: Not figuratively, it's literally MCWHORTER: Yeah. They're supposed to be painting something very personal. You would never know, for example, that - give you an example I've actually been thinking about. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Right. 437 Episodes Produced by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Website. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #5: (Speaking foreign language). Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day And a girl goes in this pile. What Do You Do When Things Go Right? When we come back, we dig further into the way that gender works in different languages and the pervasive effects that words can play in our lives. But I find that people now usually use the word to mean very soon, as in we're going to board the plane momentarily. FDA blocks human trials for Neuralink brain implants. Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain telling the stories of . No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Listen on the Reuters app. So you can't know how the words are going to come out, but you can take good guesses. It's not necessarily may I please have, but may I have, I'll have, but not can I get a. I find it just vulgar for reasons that as you can see I can't even do what I would call defending. It can be almost counterintuitive to listen to how much giggling and laughing you do in ordinary - actually rather plain exchanges with people. Our team includes Laura Kwerel, Adhiti Bandlamudi and our supervising producer Tara Boyle. In the final episode of our "Mind Reading 2.0" series, we bring back one of our favorite conversations, with linguist Deborah Tannen. VEDANTAM: (Laughter) All right, I think it might be time for me to confess one of my pet peeves. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. In many languages, nouns are gendered. VEDANTAM: For more HIDDEN BRAIN, you can find us on Facebook and Twitter. So they've compared gender equality, gender parity norms from the World Health Organization, which ranks countries on how equal access to education, how equal pay is, how equal representation in government is across the genders. Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world. GEACONE-CRUZ: It describes this feeling so perfectly in such a wonderfully packaged, encapsulated way, and you can just - it rolls off the tongue, and you can just throw it. 4.62. MCWHORTER: No, because LOL was an expression; it was a piece of language, and so you knew that its meaning was going to change. But what if there's a whole category of people in your life whose impact is overlooked? All episodes of Hidden Brain - Chartable That is utterly arbitrary that those little slits in American society look elderly, but for various chance reasons, that's what those slits came to mean, so I started wearing flat-fronted pants. Are the spoken origins of language one reason that words so often seem to be on the move? Elon Musk's brain chips, starvation in Somalia and Greek anguish I've always found that a very grating way to ask for something at a store. Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast "Hidden Brain" has been reporting on human behavior for decades. As someone who works in media, I often find that people who can write well are often people who know how to think well, so I often equate clarity of writing with clarity of thought. How else would you do it? After claiming your Listen Notes podcast pages, you will be able to: Respond to listener comments on Listen Notes, Use speech-to-text techniques to transcribe your show and Just saying hello was difficult. But it is a completely crucial part of the human experience. You also see huge differences in other domains like number. This week, in the fourth and final installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Dacher Keltner describes . Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. Please do not republish our logo, name or content digitally or distribute to more than 10 people without written permission. Language as it evolved was just talking to an extent that can be very hard for we literate people to imagine. And it ended up becoming less a direct reflection of hearty laughter than an indication of the kind of almost subconscious laughter that we do in any kind of conversation that's meant as friendly. MCWHORTER: Oh, yeah, I'm a human being. It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts. You couldn't have predicted this I know-uh move-uh (ph). There's a way of speaking right. : A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success, by Lawrence S. Krieger and Kennon M. Sheldon, George Washington Law Review, 2015. But it's so hard to feel that partly because our brains are on writing, as I say in the book. VEDANTAM: If you have teenagers or work closely with young people, chances are you'll be mystified by their conversations or even annoyed. There are different ways to be a psychologist. I'm Shankar Vedantam, and you're listening to HIDDEN BRAIN. So what happens is that once literally comes to feel like it means really, people start using it in figurative constructions such as I was literally dying of thirst. It Takes Two: The Interpersonal Nature of Empathic Accuracy, What Do You Do When Things Go Right? I think that the tone that many people use when they're complaining that somebody says Billy and me went to the store is a little bit incommensurate with the significance of the issue. And dead languages never change, and some of us might prefer those. If you can speak more than one language, does this mean that you're also simultaneously and constantly shifting in your mind between different worldviews? But I understand that in Spanish, this would come out quite differently. How so? That is exactly why you should say fewer books instead of less books in some situations and, yes, Billy and I went to the store rather than the perfectly natural Billy and me went to the store. If you grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your native tongue without even thinking about it. MCWHORTER: Yeah. If you dont see any jobs posted there, feel free to send your resume and cover letter to [emailprotected] and well keep your materials on hand for future openings on the show. Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. So you have speakers of two different languages look at the same event and come away with different memories of what happened because of the structure of their languages and the way they would normally describe them. According to neuroscientists who study laughter, it turns out that chuckles and giggles often aren't a response to humorthey're a response to people. But can you imagine someone without imagining their gender? But also, I started wondering, is it possible that my friend here was imagining a person without a gender for this whole time that we've been talking about them, right? So to give you a very quick wrap-up is that some effects are big, but even when effects aren't big, they can be interesting or important for other reasons - either because they are very broad or because they apply to things that we think are really important in our culture. VEDANTAM: This episode of HIDDEN BRAIN was produced by Rhaina Cohen, Maggie Penman and Thomas Lu with help from Renee Klahr, Jenny Schmidt, Parth Shah and Chloe Connelly. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language). Hidden Brain Feb 23, 2023 Happiness 2.0: Surprising Sources of Joy Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? So if the word for death was masculine in your language, you were likely to paint death as a man. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #7: (Speaking foreign language). Well, that's an incredibly large set of things, so that's a very broad effect of language. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. They're more likely to say, well, it's a formal property of the language. Hidden Brain : NPR And so somebody says something literally, somebody takes a point literally. So there are these wonderful studies by Alexander Giora where he asked kids learning Finnish, English and Hebrew as their first languages basically, are you a boy or a girl? It should just be, here is the natural way, then there's some things that you're supposed to do in public because that's the way it is, whether it's fair or not. Imagine you meet somebody, they're 39 and you take their picture. Transcript Speaker 1 00:00:00 this is hidden brain. VEDANTAM: One of the things I found really interesting is that the evolution of words and language is constant. You're not going to do any of the things that are seen as a foundation of our technological society. He's a defender of language on the move, but I wanted to know if there were things that irritated even him. (Speaking Japanese). Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. And I can't help surmising that part of it is that the educated American has been taught and often well that you're not supposed to look down on people because of gender, because of race, because of ability. I'm shankar Vedantam in the 2002 rom com. And when I listen to people having their peeves, I don't think, stop it. Hidden Brain (podcast) - Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam - Listen Notes Something new will have started by then, just like if we listen to people in 1971, they sound odd in that they don't say like as much as we do. and pick the featured episodes for your show. This is NPR. You know, there's no left leg or right leg. So for example, you might not imagine the color shirt that he's wearing or the kinds of shoes that he's wearing. Copyright 2018 NPR. MCWHORTER: Yeah, I really do. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. If it is the first time you login, a new account will be created automatically. BORODITSKY: Well, there may not be a word for left to refer to a left leg. If you, grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your. Hidden Brain: You, But Better on Apple Podcasts 50 min You, But Better Hidden Brain Social Sciences Think about the resolutions you made this year: to quit smoking, eat better, or get more exercise. VEDANTAM: It took just one week of living in Japan for Jennifer to pick up an important, VEDANTAM: There isn't a straightforward translation of this phrase in English. Newsletter: Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. We recommend movies or books to a friend. That was somehow a dad's fashion, and that I should start wearing flat-fronted pants. And he started by asking Russian-speaking students to personify days of the week. So we did an analysis of images in Artstor. So the way you say hi in Kuuk Thaayorre is to say, which way are you heading? One study that I love is a study that asked monolingual speakers of Italian and German and also bilingual speakers of Italian and German to give reasons for why things are the grammatical genders that they are. VEDANTAM: I want to talk in the second half of our conversation about why the meanings of words change, but I want to start by talking about how they change. VEDANTAM: Languages orient us to the world. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe watching Netflix or something. 585: In Defense of Ignorance - This American Life Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. What techniques did that person use to persuade you? VEDANTAM: I love this analogy you have in the book where you mention how, you know, thinking that a word has only one meaning is like looking at a snapshot taken at one point in a person's life and saying this photograph represents the entirety of what this person looks like. If you prefer to listen through a podcast app, here are links to our podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? Thank you! native tongue without even thinking about it. So even if I'm speaking English, the distinctions that I've learned in speaking Russian, for example, are still active in my mind to some extent, but they're more active if I'm actually speaking Russian. Who Do You Want To Be? | Hidden Brain Media BORODITSKY: The way to say my name properly in Russian is (speaking foreign language), so I don't make people say that. JERRY SEINFELD: (As Jerry Seinfeld) The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. We'll begin with police shootings of unarmed Black men. This week, we continue our look at the science of influence with psychologist Robert Cialdini, and explore how these techniques can be used for both good and evil. How To Breathe Correctly For Optimal Health, Mood, Learning Assessing the Seeds of Relationship Decay: Using Implicit Evaluations to Detect the Early Stages of Disillusionment, by Soonhee Lee, Ronald D. Rogge, and Harry T. Reis, Psychological Science, 2010. I saw this bird's-eye view, and I was this little red dot. VEDANTAM: Many of us have dictionaries at home or at work, John. And they said, well, of course. So in English, I might say that Sam (ph) broke the flute. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #8: (Speaking Italian). in your textbooks but when you're hanging out with friends. And it really is an illusion that what language is, is something that sits still. MCWHORTER: Thank you for having me, Shankar. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? And, of course, you always have to wonder, well, could it be that speakers of these different languages are actually seeing different kinds of bridges? Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Science 4.6 36K Ratings; Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. Lost In Translation- Hidden Brain Podcast Transcript .pdf In this favorite 2021 episode, psychologist Adam Grant pushes back against the benefits of certainty, and describes the magic that unfolds when we challenge our own deeply-held beliefs. In this week's My Unsung Hero, Sarah Feldman thanks someone for their gift more than 20 years ago. All of these are very subjective things. You may link to our content and copy and paste episode descriptions and Additional Resources into your invitations. It's just how I feel. My Unsung Hero: A belated thank you : NPR That's how much cultural heritage is lost. In this favorite episode from 2021, Cornell University psychologist Anthony Burrow explains why purpose isnt something to be found its somethi, It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. Because it was. Sometimes you just have to suck it up. This is Hidden Brain. FEB 27, 2023; Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button . Google Podcasts - hidden brain VEDANTAM: Well, that's kind of you, Lera. Imagine how we would sound to them if they could hear us. GEACONE-CRUZ: It's this phrase that describes something between I can't be bothered or I don't want to do it or I recognize the incredible effort that goes into something, even though it shouldn't be so much of an effort. They shape our place in it. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. Languages are not just tools. And they suggest that differences across languages do, in fact, predict some of these measures of gender equality across countries. Imagine this. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. BORODITSKY: My family is Jewish, and we left as refugees. And the way you speak right is not by speaking the way that people around you in your life speak, but by speaking the way the language is as it sits there all nice and pretty on that piece of paper where its reality exists. That said, if you hear one or two pieces of music that you really love, feel free to email us at [emailprotected] and well do our best to respond to your request. (Speaking Japanese). So that's an example of how languages and cultures construct how we use space to organize time, to organize this very abstract thing that's otherwise kind of hard to get our hands on and think about. VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? Whereas speakers of a language like Spanish might not be quite as good at remembering who did it when it's an accident, but they're better at remembering that it was an accident. It turns out, as you point out, that in common usage, literally literally means the opposite of literally. So I think that nobody would say that they don't think language should change. And so for example, if the word chair is masculine in your language, why is that? You know, lots of people blow off steam about something they think is wrong, but very few people are willing to get involved and do something about it. Official Website Airs on: SUN 7pm-8pm 55:27 Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button Feb 27 Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. So for example, for English speakers - people who read from left to right - time tends to flow from left to right. MCWHORTER: It's a matter of fashion, pure and simple. So that's a measurement difference of 100 percent of performance. And I would really guess that in a few decades men will be doing it, too. So you can think about an un-gendered person in the same way that I might think about a person without a specific age or specific height or specific color shirt. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. And MIT linguist Ken Hale, who's a renowned linguist, said that every time a language dies, it's the equivalent of a bomb being dropped on the Louvre. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. Refusing to Apologize can have Psychological Benefits, by Tyler Okimoto, Michael Wenzel and Kyli Hedrick, European Journal of Social Psychology, 2013. In The Air We Breathe : NPR And I don't think any of us are thinking that it's a shame that we're not using the language of Beowulf. I just don't want to do it. I'm Shankar Vedantam. And it's sad that we're not going to be able to make use of them and learn them and celebrate them. This week, in the final . Watch Your Mouth | Hidden Brain : NPR Does a speaker of a language, like Spanish, who has to assign gender to so many things, end up seeing the world as more gendered? Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation, by Kennon M. Sheldon, Motivation Science, 2020. And what we find is that if you teach people that forks go with men grammatically in a language, they start to think of forks as being more masculine. LERA BORODITSKY: The categorization that language provides to you becomes real - becomes psychologically real. This takes kids a little while to figure out, and he had all kinds of clever ways to ask these questions. 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And as odd as that sounds, I can guarantee you if you watch any TV show with women under a certain age or if you just go out on an American street and listen, you'll find that that's a new kind of exclamatory particle. Welcome to HIDDEN BRAIN. So some languages don't have number words. What a cynical thing to say, but that doesn't mean that it might not be true. There's not a bigger difference you could find than 100 percent of the measurement space. You can find the transcript for most episodes of Hidden Brain on our website. So I think it's an incredible tragedy that we're losing all of this linguistic diversity, all of this cultural diversity because it is human heritage. BORODITSKY: Well, I think it's a terrible tragedy. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. Hidden Brain | Hidden Brain Media VEDANTAM: As someone who spends a lot of his time listening to language evolve, John hears a lot of slang. It's not something that you typically go out trying to do intentionally. I think that it's better to think of language as a parade that either you're watching, or frankly, that you're in, especially because the people are never going to stand still. Hidden Brain on Apple Podcasts Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. Women under about 30 in the United States, when they're excited or they're trying to underline a point, putting uh at the end of things. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. This is a database with millions of art images. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. We also look at how. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. And it sounds a little bit abrupt and grabby like you're going to get something instead of being given. VEDANTAM: There are phrases in every language that are deeply evocative and often untranslatable. Now I can stay oriented. There was no way of transcribing an approximation of what people said and nobody would have thought of doing it. Hidden Brain - Google Podcasts But it's a lovely example of how language can guide you to discover something about the world that might take you longer to discover if you didn't have that information in language. Now, many people hear that and they think, well, that's no good because now literally can mean its opposite. It's how we think about anything that's abstract, that's beyond our physical senses. If you still cant find the episode, try looking through our most recent shows on our homepage. Stay with us. I'm Shankar Vedanta. VEDANTAM: One of the points you make in the book of course is that the evolution of words and their meanings is what gives us this flowering of hundreds or thousands of languages.
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