Everyone wants to be loved and appreciated. It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking foreign language). BORODITSKY: The way to say my name properly in Russian is (speaking foreign language), so I don't make people say that. Many people have this intuition that, oh, I could never learn that; I could never survive in a community like this. And so for me, that question was born in that conversation of are there some languages where it's easier to imagine a person without their characteristics of gender filled in? So I just think that it's something we need to check ourselves for. Hidden Brain: You, But Better on Apple Podcasts UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: (Speaking foreign language). And I did that. Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? We're speaking today with cognitive science professor Lera Boroditsky about language. He. BORODITSKY: One thing that we've noticed is this idea of time, of course, is very highly constructed by our minds and our brains. Hidden Brain: The NPR Archive : NPR - NPR.org And one thing that we've noticed is that around the world, people rely on space to organize time. Podcasters use the RadioPublic listener relationship platform to build lasting connections with fans. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) I'm willing to get involved. 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. Stay with us. Now, in a lot of languages, you can't say that because unless you were crazy, and you went out looking to break your arm, and you succeeded - right? What turns out to be the case is that it's something in between - that bilinguals don't really turn off the languages they're not using when they're not using them. But she told me a story about a conversation she had with a native speaker of Indonesian. It is the very fabric, the very core of your experience. 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So to go back to the example we were just talking about - people who don't use words like left and right - when I gave those picture stories to Kuuk Thaayorre speakers, who use north, south, east and west, they organized the cards from east to west. I said, you know, this weird thing happened. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Whats going on here? It's testament to the incredible ingenuity and complexity of the human mind that all of these different perspectives on the world have been invented. So we've done a lot of studies looking at how speakers of Spanish and German and Russian actually think about objects that have opposite grammatical genders. Growing up, I understood this word to mean for a very short time, as in John McWhorter was momentarily surprised. But then you start writing things down and you're in a whole new land because once things are sitting there written on that piece of paper, there's that illusion. VEDANTAM: If you have teenagers or work closely with young people, chances are you'll be mystified by their conversations or even annoyed. And it's just too much of an effort, and you can't be bothered to do it, even though it's such a small thing. For example, when we started talking about navigation, that's an example where a 5-year-old in a culture that uses words like north, south, east and west can point southeast without hesitation. And then 10 years later when they're 49, you say, well, that picture of you at 39 is what you really are and whatever's happened to you since then is some sort of disaster or something that shouldn't have happened. this is hidden brain I'm Shankar Vedantam in the classic TV series Star Trek Mister Spock has a foolproof technique for accurately reading the thoughts and feelings of others the Vulcan mind I am Spock you James our minds are moving closer most most here are kind of hard we have new technology that gives us direct access to the minds of others so We also look at how. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. In this favorite 2021 episode, psychologistAdam Grantpushes back against the benefits of certainty, and describes the magic that unfolds when we challenge our own deeply-held beliefs. So you can't know how the words are going to come out, but you can take good guesses. 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. That kind of detail may not appear. A brief history of relationship research in social psychology, by Harry T. Reis, in Handbook of the History of Social Psychology, 2011. Whats going on here? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore how unconscious bias can infect a culture and how a police shooting may say as much about a community as it does about individuals. Newsletter: Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. It goes in this pile. The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. So for example, grammatical gender - because grammatical gender applies to all nouns in your language, that means that language is shaping the way you think about everything that can be named by a noun. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. Lera, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. It turns out, as you point out, that in common usage, literally literally means the opposite of literally. So - but if I understand correctly, I would be completely at sea if I visited this aboriginal community in Australia because I have often absolutely no idea where I am or where I'm going. VEDANTAM: Languages seem to have different ways of communicating agency. It's exactly how old English turned into modern English. You can search for the episode or browse all episodes on our Archive Page. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. It's too high. 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. You would never know, for example, that - give you an example I've actually been thinking about. You also see huge differences in other domains like number. Whats going on here? Physicist Richard Feynman once said, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." One way we fool ourselves is by imagining we know more than we do; we think we are experts. VEDANTAM: Our conversation made me wonder about what this means on a larger scale. Cholera and malnourishment await Somalis fleeing . What techniques did that person use to persuade you? Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. But it's so hard to feel that partly because our brains are on writing, as I say in the book. 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. Well, that's an incredibly large set of things, so that's a very broad effect of language. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy. (LAUGHTER) VEDANTAM: In the English-speaking world, she goes by Lera Boroditsky. 00:51:58 - We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. Additional Resources Book: But it is a completely crucial part of the human experience. It can be almost counterintuitive to listen to how much giggling and laughing you do in ordinary - actually rather plain exchanges with people. Could this affect the way, you know, sexism, conscious or unconscious, operates in our world? 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? MCWHORTER: Those are called contronyms, and literally has become a new contronym. I just don't want to do it. BORODITSKY: I spoke really terrible Indonesian at the time, so I was trying to practice. I'm Shankar Vedanta. Subscribe: iOS | Android | Spotify | RSS | Amazon | Stitcher Latest Episodes: Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button Which pile do you go in, right? They know which way is which. For example, if you take seeds and put them in the ground, that's one thing. In this month's Radio Replay, we ask whether the structure of the languages we speak can change the way we see the world. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Lots of languages make a distinction between things that are accidents and things that are intentional actions. Please do not republish our logo, name or content digitally or distribute to more than 10 people without written permission. Hidden Brain - Transcripts Language is something that's spoken, and spoken language especially always keeps changing. Those sorts things tend to start with women. As you're going about your day, you likely interact with family, friends and coworkers. FEB 27, 2023; Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button . You can't know, but you can certainly know that if could listen to people 50 years from now, they'd sound odd. And so somebody will say, well, who was it who you thought was going to give you this present? But if he just bumped into the table, and it happened to fall off the table and break, and it was an accident, then you might be more likely to say, the flute broke, or the flute broke itself, or it so happened to Sam that the flute broke. BORODITSKY: Yeah. And then if you are going to be that elliptical, why use the casual word get? VEDANTAM: I'm Shankar Vedantam. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language). This week, in the final . edit transcripts, Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service, If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention. That's what it's all about. Hidden Brain: The Easiest Person to Fool on Apple Podcasts Today's episode was the first in our You 2.0 series, which runs all this month. 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But, in fact, they were reflecting this little quirk of grammar, this little quirk of their language and in some cases, you know, carving those quirks of grammar into stone because when you look at statues that we have around - of liberty and justice and things like this - they have gender. That's the way words are, too. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. It's just how I feel. And what he found was kids who were learning Hebrew - this is a language that has a lot of gender loading in it - figured out whether they were a boy or a girl about a year sooner than kids learning Finnish, which doesn't have a lot of gender marking in the language. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. I had this cool experience when I was there. Lost In Translation- Hidden Brain Podcast Transcript .pdf VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. The only question was in which way. But I don't think that it's always clear to us that language has to change in that things are going to come in that we're going to hear as intrusions or as irritating or as mistakes, despite the fact that that's how you get from, say, old Persian to modern Persian. But the reason that it seems so elusive is because we don't really think about the, quote, unquote, "meaning" of things like our conversation-easing laughter. And when I listen to people having their peeves, I don't think, stop it. This week, we continue our look at the science of influence with psychologist Robert Cialdini, and explore how th, We all exert pressure on each other in ways small and profound. This is Hidden Brain. in your textbooks but when you're hanging out with friends. VEDANTAM: Around the world, we often hear that many languages are dying, and there are a few megalanguages that are growing and expanding in all kinds of ways. We'll begin with police shootings of unarmed Black men. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. And what he noticed was that when people were trying to act like Monday, they would act like a man. So when the perfect woman started writing him letters, it seemed too good to be true. In English, actually, quite weirdly, we can even say things like, I broke my arm. Lera said there's still a lot of research to be done on this. VEDANTAM: My guest today is - well, why don't I let her introduce herself? How do certain memes go viral? So these speakers have internalized this idea from their language, and they believe that it's right. In The Air We Breathe . If you're just joining us, I'm talking to John McWhorter. There's a way of speaking right. This week, in the fourth and final installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Dacher Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe, watching Netflix or something. So it's mendokusai. VEDANTAM: How the languages we speak shape the way we think and why the words we use are always in flux. You're not going to do trigonometry. If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes We talk with psychologist Iris Mauss, who explains why happiness can seem more elusive the harder we chase it, and what we can do instead to build a lasting sense of contentment. 437 Episodes Produced by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Website. June 20, 2020 This week on Hidden Brain, research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. I know-uh (ph) is there, or something along the lines of babe-uh (ph). 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. She shows how our conversational styles can cause We all know casual sex isn't about love. We always knew that certain species of animals had abilities to orient that we thought were better than human, and we always had some biological excuse for why we couldn't do it. Languages are not just tools. Athletic Scholarships are Negatively Associated with Intrinsic Motivation for Sports, Even Decades Later: Evidence for Long-Term Undermining, by Kennon M. Sheldon and Arlen C. Moller, Motivation Science, 2020. This is HIDDEN BRAIN. He's a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the author of the book "Words On The Move: Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally).". So for example, if Sam grabbed a hammer and struck the flute in anger, that would be one description, like, Sam broke the flute. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. BORODITSKY: Well, you would be at sea at first. They can be small differences but important in other ways. Toward Understanding Understanding:The Importance of Feeling Understood in Relationships, by Harry Reis, Edward P. Lemay Jr, and Catrin Finkenauer, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2017. Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. How to Really Know Another Person - Transcripts and pick the featured episodes for your show. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? 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