Trusted by 5,200 companies and developers. VEDANTAM: So I find that I'm often directionally and navigationally challenged when I'm driving around, and I often get my east-west mixed up with my left-right for reasons I have never been able to fathom. And as you point out, it's not just that people feel that a word is being misused. 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. They are ways of seeing the world. Maybe it's, even less than 100 meters away, but you just can't bring yourself to even throw your, coat on over your pajamas, and put your boots on, and go outside and walk those, hundred meters because somehow it would break the coziness, 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. Podcasters use the RadioPublic listener relationship platform to build lasting connections with fans. You know, I was trying to stay oriented because people were treating me like I was pretty stupid for not being oriented, and that hurt. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. 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. Many of us believe that hard work and persistence are the key to achieving our goals. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. Hidden Brain. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. ), Handbook of Closeness and Intimacy, 2004. 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. This week, in the second installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Todd Kashdan looks at the relationship between distress and happiness, and how to keep difficult emotions from sabotaging our wellbeing. (LAUGHTER) VEDANTAM: In the English-speaking world, she goes by Lera Boroditsky. VEDANTAM: If you have teenagers or work closely with young people, chances are you'll be mystified by their conversations or even annoyed. 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. Transcript The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? Hidden Brain - You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose Hidden Brain Aug 2, 2021 You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose Play 51 min playlist_add Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the. GEACONE-CRUZ: And I ended up living there for 10 years. Because were a small team, we dont have a publicly-available list of every piece of music that we use. BORODITSKY: Yeah. Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. L. Gable, et. 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So bilinguals are kind of this in-between case where they can't quite turn off their other languages, but they become more prominent, more salient when you are actually speaking the language or surrounded by the language. So when the perfect woman started writing him letters, it seemed too good to be true. 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? But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. 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. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. 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. I'm Shankar Vedantam, and you're listening to HIDDEN BRAIN. But actually, that's exactly how people in those communities come to stay oriented - is that they learn it, (laughter) right? So that's a measurement difference of 100 percent of performance. Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness, by Harry T. Reis, et. You're not going to do any of the things that are seen as a foundation of our technological society. 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. We don't want to be like that. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. I saw this bird's-eye view, and I was this little red dot. But what if it's not even about lust? No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9rd1djMGxoZg==, open.spotify.com/show/20Gf4IAauFrfj7RBkjcWxh. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe, watching Netflix or something. Whats going on here? UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: (Speaking foreign 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. It's never going to. Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain telling the stories of . In this week's My Unsung Hero, Sarah Feldman thanks someone for their gift more than 20 years ago. June 20, 2020 This week on Hidden Brain, research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking foreign language). VEDANTAM: If languages are shaped by the way people see the world, but they also shape how people see the world, what does this mean for people who are bilingual? 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. You may link to our content and copy and paste episode descriptions and Additional Resources into your invitations. We'll begin with police shootings of unarmed Black men. And so he suggested it might be the case that the arbitrarily assigned grammatical genders are actually changing the way people think about these days of the week and maybe all kinds of other things that are named by nouns. Lera is a cognitive science professor at the University of California, San Diego. And one thing that we've noticed is that around the world, people rely on space to organize time. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. Dictionaries are wonderful things, but they create an illusion that there's such thing as a language that stands still, when really it's the nature of human language to change. In a lot of languages, there isn't. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. This takes kids a little while to figure out, and he had all kinds of clever ways to ask these questions. This is HIDDEN BRAIN. They believe that their language reflects the true structure of the world. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? And when I listen to people having their peeves, I don't think, stop it. VEDANTAM: How the languages we speak shape the way we think and why the words we use are always in flux. VEDANTAM: If you're bilingual or you're learning a new language, you get what Jennifer, experienced - the joy of discovering a phrase that helps you perfectly encapsulate a. feeling or an experience. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #11: (Speaking Russian). 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. You can find all Hidden Brain episodes on our website. That is the direction of writing in Hebrew and Arabic, going from right to left. Subscribe: iOS | Android | Spotify | RSS | Amazon | Stitcher Latest Episodes: Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button But if you prefer life - the unpredictability of life - then living language in many ways are much more fun. VEDANTAM: I understand there's been some work looking at children and that children who speak certain languages are actually quicker to identify gender and their own gender than children who are learning other languages in other cultures. In the final episode of our "Mind Reading 2.0" series, we bring back one of our favorite conversations, with linguist Deborah Tannen. 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. You know, we spend years teaching children about how to use language correctly. out. BORODITSKY: I had this wonderful opportunity to work with my colleague Alice Gaby in this community called Pormpuraaw in - on Cape York. And he started by asking Russian-speaking students to personify days of the week. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. Parents and peers influence our major life choices, but they can also steer us in directions that leave us deeply unsatisfied. 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. Stay with us. You can find the transcript for most episodes of Hidden Brain on our website. 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Each language comprises the ideas that have been worked out in a culture over thousands of generations, and that is an incredible amount of cultural heritage and complexity of thought that disappears whenever a language dies. The phrase brings an entire world with it - its context, its flavor, its culture. It seems kind of elliptical, like, would it be possible that I obtained? But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. Transcript Speaker 1 00:00:00 this is hidden brain. And so I was trying to keep track of which way is which. All rights reserved. And you say that dictionaries in some ways paint an unrealistic portrait of a language. 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. As soon as you move the leg, it becomes a different leg. Lera, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live, by Kennon M. Sheldon, 2022. People do need to be taught what the socially acceptable forms are. Those sorts things tend to start with women. Copyright 2018 NPR. It has to do with the word momentarily. and pick the featured episodes for your show. VEDANTAM: As someone who spends a lot of his time listening to language evolve, John hears a lot of slang. VEDANTAM: You make the case that concerns over the misuse of language might actually be one of the last places where people can publicly express prejudice and class differences. The Effects of Conflict Types, Dimensions, and Emergent States on Group Outcomes, by Karen Jehn et. Perspectives on the Situation by Harry T. Reis, and John G. Holmes, in The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology, 2012. There's not a bigger difference you could find than 100 percent of the measurement space. For example, he might take a bunch of pictures of boys and girls and sort them and say, OK, this is a boy. And so, for example, can I get a hamburger? Newer episodes are unlikely to have a transcript as it takes us a few weeks to process and edit each transcript. When language was like that, of course it changed a lot - fast - because once you said it, it was gone. Toula and Ian's different backgrounds become apparent on one of their very first dates. You know, endings are going to tend to drop off. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: (Speaking foreign language). 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 ADAM COLE, BYLINE: (Singing) You put your southwest leg in, and you shake it all about. And then if you are going to be that elliptical, why use the casual word get? The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. That is the most random thing. Sociologist Lisa Wade believes the pervasive hookup culture on campuses today is different from that faced by previous generations. That kind of detail may not appear. And nobody wishes that we hadn't developed our modern languages today from the ancient versions. You know, there's no left leg or right leg. I just don't want to do it. There's a lowlier part of our nature that grammar allows us to vent in the absence of other ways to do it that have not been available for some decades for a lot of us. VEDANTAM: So this begs the question, if you were to put languages on something of a spectrum, where you have, you know, languages like Spanish or Hindi where nouns are gendered and languages like English where many nouns are not gendered but pronouns are gendered, and on the other end of the spectrum, you have languages like Finnish or Persian where you can have a conversation about someone without actually mentioning their gender, it would seem surprising if this did not translate, at some level, into the way people thought about gender in their daily activities, in terms of thinking about maybe even who can do what in the workplace. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Thank you! You may also use the Hidden Brain name in invitations sent to a small group of personal contacts for such purposes as a listening club or discussion forum. 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. 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. And you suddenly get a craving for potato chips, and you, realize that you have none in the kitchen, and there's nothing else you really want to, eat. Lera is a cognitive science professor at the University of California, San Diego. Those are quirks of grammar literally in stone. VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? They can be small differences but important in other ways. And some people would say it's a lot more because it's, you know, irrecoverable and not reduplicated elsewhere. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #10: (Speaking Russian). That hadn't started then. You can't know, but you can certainly know that if could listen to people 50 years from now, they'd sound odd. Opening scene of Lady Bird Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting Transcript Podcast: Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. It should be thought of as fun. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. And I kind of sheepishly confessed this to someone there. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. 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. See you next week. But I think that we should learn not to listen to people using natural language as committing errors because there's no such thing as making a mistake in your language if a critical mass of other people speaking your language are doing the same thing. Parents and peers influence our major life choices. If a transcript is available, youll see a Transcript button which expands to reveal the full transcript. She shows how our conversational styles can cause We all know casual sex isn't about love. I'm Shankar Vedantam. So it's mendokusai. I've always found that a very grating way to ask for something at a store. John is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. What do you do for christmas with your family? Because it was. 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. 00:55:27 Hidden Brain Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button But might we allow that there's probably a part of all human beings that wants to look down on somebody else. And it irritates people, but there's a different way of seeing literally. does kraft still make pineapple cheese spread, how to tell if chicken nuggets are bad,
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