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But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? 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. 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. The dictionary says both uses are correct. 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. My big fat greek wedding, an american woman of greek ancestry falls in love with a very vanilla, american man. For more of our Relationships 2.0 series, check out one of our most popular episodes ever about why marriages are so hard. 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. And it's not just about how we think about time. 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. And they said, well, of course. 437 Episodes Produced by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Website. Follow on Apple, Google or Spotify. So I think that nobody would say that they don't think language should change. Of course that's how you BORODITSKY: And so what was remarkable for me was that my brain figured out a really good solution to the problem after a week of trying, right? 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. VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. You know, we spend years teaching children about how to use language correctly. But what if it's not even about lust? Take the word bridge - if it's feminine in your language, you're more likely to say that bridges are beautiful and elegant. Those sorts things tend to start with women. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. And he started by asking Russian-speaking students to personify days of the week. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9rd1djMGxoZg==, open.spotify.com/show/20Gf4IAauFrfj7RBkjcWxh. If you grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your native tongue without even thinking about it. Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. In the final episode of our Relationships 2.0 series, psychologistHarry Reis says theres another ingredient to successful relationships thats every bit as important as love. 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. Because it was. All rights reserved. Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting. And some people would say it's a lot more because it's, you know, irrecoverable and not reduplicated elsewhere. For example, he might take a bunch of pictures of boys and girls and sort them and say, OK, this is a boy. It takes, 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. BORODITSKY: Yeah. VEDANTAM: I'm Shankar Vedantam. 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. VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly useful. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. And I was telling this person about someone I knew back in America. 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. This week, we revisit a favorite episode from 2021, bringing you two stories about how easy it can be to believe in a false reality even when the facts dont back us up. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation, by Kennon M. Sheldon, Motivation Science, 2020. 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. This week, in the final installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Dacher Keltner describes what happens when we stop to savor the beauty in nature, art, or simply the moral courage of those around us. MCWHORTER: Yes, Shankar, that's exactly it. But it's so hard to feel that partly because our brains are on writing, as I say in the book. LERA BORODITSKY: The categorization that language provides to you becomes real - becomes psychologically real. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. But, if you dig a little deeper, you may find that they share much more: they might make the same amount of money as you, or share the, We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. Today's episode was the first in our You 2.0 series, which runs all this month. 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. If a transcript is available, youll see a Transcript button which expands to reveal the full transcript. You may link to our content and copy and paste episode descriptions and Additional Resources into your invitations. They can be small differences but important in other ways. 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. And if you teach them that forks go with women, they start to think that forks are more feminine. VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. What do you think the implications are - if you buy the idea that languages are a very specific and unique way of seeing the world, of perceiving reality, what are the implications of so many languages disappearing during our time? If you, grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. You can't smell or taste time. And this is NPR. And so I set myself the goal that I would learn English in a year, and I wouldn't speak Russian to anyone for that whole first year. She once visited an aboriginal community in northern Australia and found the language they spoke forced her mind to work in new ways. Just go to the magnifying glass in the top right corner, click on it, and use the search function at the top of the page. That's because change is hard. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. That's what it's all about. And so I was trying to keep track of which way is which. Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, by Robert A. Emmons, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986. See you next week. * Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. And it really is an illusion that what language is, is something that sits still. Our team includes Laura Kwerel, Adhiti Bandlamudi and our supervising producer Tara Boyle. And if you don't have a word for exactly seven, it actually becomes very, very hard to keep track of exactly seven. Language was talk. 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. Lera, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. Hidden Brain: You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose on Apple Podcasts 51 min You 2.0: Cultivating Your Purpose Hidden Brain Social Sciences Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. It goes in this pile. Parents and peers influence our major life choices. But if you ask bilinguals, who have learned two languages and now they know that some genders disagree across the two languages, they're much less likely to say that it's because chairs are intrinsically masculine. Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam Subscribe Visit website Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our. Transcript 585: In Defense of Ignorance Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. So you can't know how the words are going to come out, but you can take good guesses. 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. I said, you know, this weird thing happened. How so? But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. All of the likes and, like, literallies (ph) might sometimes grate on your nerves, but John McWhorter says the problem might be with you, not with the way other people speak. We use a lot of music on the show! You can find the transcript for most episodes of Hidden Brain on our website. If you still cant find the episode, try looking through our most recent shows on our homepage. MCWHORTER: Thank you for having me, Shankar. You couldn't have predicted this I know-uh move-uh (ph). 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. 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. Many of us believe that hard work and persistence are the key to achieving our goals. You can also connect directly with our sponsorship representative by emailing [emailprotected]. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy. Parents and peers influence our major life choices. 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?