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So for example, English speakers, because they're very likely to say, he did it or someone did it, they are very good at remembering who did it, even if it's an accident. 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. So for example, for English speakers - people who read from left to right - time tends to flow from left to right. You're not going to do trigonometry. You know, there's no left leg or right leg. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. And the answer should be, north, northeast in the far distance; how about you? 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. But it turns out humans can stay oriented really, really well, provided that their language and culture requires them to keep track of this information. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. But might we allow that there's probably a part of all human beings that wants to look down on somebody else. But if I give that same story to a Hebrew or an Arabic speaker, they would organize it from right to left. Read the episode transcript. So some languages don't have number words. 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. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? MCWHORTER: Yes, Shankar, that's exactly it. What do you do for christmas with your family? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. If the language stayed the way it was, it would be like a pressed flower in a book or, as I say, I think it would be like some inflatable doll rather than a person. JERRY SEINFELD: (As Jerry Seinfeld) The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. June 20, 2020 This week on Hidden Brain, research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. Many people have this intuition that, oh, I could never learn that; I could never survive in a community like this. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live, by Kennon M. Sheldon, 2022. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: (Speaking foreign language). MCWHORTER: Exactly. I want everybody to have the fun I'm having. You know, endings are going to tend to drop off. Transcript 585: In Defense of Ignorance Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. They can be small differences but important in other ways. VEDANTAM: There are phrases in every language that are deeply evocative and often, untranslatable. To request permission, please send an email to [emailprotected]. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. The fact is that language change can always go in one of many directions, there's a chance element to it. The Effects of Conflict Types, Dimensions, and Emergent States on Group Outcomes, by Karen Jehn et. GEACONE-CRUZ: And I ended up living there for 10 years. Parents and peers influence our major life choices, but they can also steer us in directions that leave us deeply unsatisfied. (LAUGHTER) VEDANTAM: In the English-speaking world, she goes by Lera Boroditsky. And when I listen to people having their peeves, I don't think, stop it. But it's exactly like - it was maybe about 20 years ago that somebody - a girlfriend I had told me that if I wore pants that had little vertical pleats up near the waist, then I was conveying that I was kind of past it. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. 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. Special thanks to Adam Cole, who wrote and performed our rendition of "The Hokey Pokey." And one thing that we've noticed is that around the world, people rely on space to organize time. JENNIFER GEACONE-CRUZ: My name is Jennifer Geacone-Cruz. This week on Hidden Brain, psychologist Adam Grant describes the magic th Can I get some chicken? There was no way of transcribing an approximation of what people said and nobody would have thought of doing it. So when I ask you to, say, imagine a man walking down the street, well, in your imagery, you're going to have some details completed and some will be left out. It is the very fabric, the very core of your experience. 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. What Makes Lawyers Happy? But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? 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. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language). 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. And after listening to you, I realize I might have to finally give in. A brief history of relationship research in social psychology, by Harry T. Reis, in Handbook of the History of Social Psychology, 2011. The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. Only a couple hundred languages - or if you want to be conservative about it, a hundred languages - are written in any real way and then there are 6,800 others. Whats going on here? You have to do it in order to fit into the culture and to speak the language. Listen on the Reuters app. They often feel angry about it, and you think this anger is actually telling. That is the direction of writing in Hebrew and Arabic, going from right to left. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. You couldn't have predicted this I know-uh move-uh (ph). 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. 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. What Do You Do When Things Go Right? Today, we explore the many facets of this idea. And if the word bridge is masculine in your language, you're more likely to say that bridges are strong and long and towering - these kind of more stereotypically masculine words. But what I am thinking is, you should realize that even if you don't like it, there's nothing wrong with it in the long run because, for example, Jonathan Swift didn't like it that people were saying kissed instead of kiss-ed (ph) and rebuked instead of rebuk-ed (ph). So LOL starts out as meaning hardy-har-har (ph), but then it becomes something more abstract. VEDANTAM: For more HIDDEN BRAIN, you can find us on Facebook and Twitter. The Effective Negotiator Part 1: The Behavior of Successful Negotiators and The Effective Negotiator Part 2: Planning for Negotiations, by Neil Rackham and John Carlisle, Journal of European Industrial Training, 1978. And it really is an illusion that what language is, is something that sits still. BORODITSKY: So quite literally, to get past hello, you have to know which way you're heading. In a lot of languages, there isn't. If you liked . This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. native tongue without even thinking about it. Language as it evolved was just talking to an extent that can be very hard for we literate people to imagine. and pick the featured episodes for your show. This is HIDDEN BRAIN. 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? I'm Shankar Vedantam, and you're listening to HIDDEN BRAIN. BORODITSKY: I spoke really terrible Indonesian at the time, so I was trying to practice. Whats going on here? And all of a sudden, I noticed that there was a new window that had popped up in my mind, and it was like a little bird's-eye view of the landscape that I was walking through, and I was a little red dot that was moving across the landscape. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. Growing up, I understood this word to mean for a very short time, as in John McWhorter was momentarily surprised. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe, watching Netflix or something. Subscribe: iOS | Android | Spotify | RSS | Amazon | Stitcher Latest Episodes: Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. podcast pages. 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. If you're studying a new language, you might discover these phrases not in your textbooks but when you're hanging out with friends. VEDANTAM: One of the things I found really interesting is that the evolution of words and language is constant. And they said, well, of course. VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly useful. But can you imagine someone without imagining their gender? 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. And so somebody will say, well, who was it who you thought was going to give you this present? You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. All rights reserved. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. You can support Hidden Brain indirectly by giving to your local NPR station, or you can provide direct support to Hidden Brain by making a gift on our Patreon page. If you're studying a new language, you might discover these phrases not. And in fact, speakers of languages like this have been shown to orient extremely well - much better than we used to think humans could.
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