podcast pages. I'm Shankar Vedantam. This is a database with millions of art images. They often feel angry about it, and you think this anger is actually telling. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy, Read the latest from the Hidden Brain Newsletter. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #4: (Speaking foreign language). If you're just joining us, I'm talking to John McWhorter. But somehow they've managed, not just by randomly bumping into each other. In the United States, we often praise people with strong convictions, and look down on those who express doubt or hesitation. Of course, you also can't experience anything outside of time. 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? This is NPR. They can be small differences but important in other ways. 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. Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting. Today's episode was the first in our You 2.0 series, which runs all this month. And I would really guess that in a few decades men will be doing it, too. VEDANTAM: There are phrases in every language that are deeply evocative and often, untranslatable. And if it was feminine, then you're likely to paint death as a woman. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Persuasion: Part 1 - Transcripts How come you aren't exactly the way you were 10 years ago? It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. 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. Trusted by 5,200 companies and developers. And so I was trying to keep track of which way is which. So you can't see time. John, you've noted that humans have been using language for a very long time, but for most of that time language has been about talking. MCWHORTER: Yeah, I really do. And as soon as I saw that happen, I thought, oh, this makes it so much easier. It's never going to. It seems kind of elliptical, like, would it be possible that I obtained? The only question was in which way. That's what it's all about. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. BORODITSKY: The way to say my name properly in Russian is (speaking foreign language), so I don't make people say that. 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. I'm Shankar Vedantam. And that is an example of a simple feature of language - number words - acting as a transformative stepping stone to a whole domain of knowledge. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #6: (Speaking foreign language). We'll also look at how languages evolve, and why we're sometimes resistant to those changes. 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. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain telling the stories of . But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. You're also not going to do algebra. But they can also steer us in directions that leave us deeply unsatisfied. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking foreign language). Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy. There are signs it's getting even harder. Just saying hello was difficult. 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. HIDDEN BRAIN < Lost in Translation: January 29, 20189:00 PM ET VEDANTAM: Well, that's kind of you, Lera. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. 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. Hidden Brain - Transcripts Hidden Brain - Transcripts Subscribe 435 episodes Share Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. So I think that nobody would say that they don't think language should change. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? Interpersonal Chemistry: What Is It, How Does It Emerge, and How Does it Operate? Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts are Influenced by Self-Esteem and Relationship Threat, by Shannon M. Smith & Harry Reis, Personal Relationships, 2012. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. If you're studying a new language, you might discover these phrases not in your textbooks but when you're hanging out with friends. They shape our place in it. If you, grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your. Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness, by Harry T. Reis, et. This takes kids a little while to figure out, and he had all kinds of clever ways to ask these questions. al, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2004. 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 can be almost counterintuitive to listen to how much giggling and laughing you do in ordinary - actually rather plain exchanges with people. What we think of today as a word undergoing some odd development or people using some new construction is exactly how Latin turned into French. It turns out, as you point out, that in common usage, literally literally means the opposite of literally. VEDANTAM: So all this raises a really interesting question. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. 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. Lera, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Refusing to Apologize can have Psychological Benefits, by Tyler Okimoto, Michael Wenzel and Kyli Hedrick, European Journal of Social Psychology, 2013. Copyright 2023 Steno. So these speakers have internalized this idea from their language, and they believe that it's right. The phrase brings an entire world with it - its context, its flavor, its culture. VEDANTAM: If you have teenagers or work closely with young people, chances are you'll be mystified by their conversations or even annoyed. VEDANTAM: So I want to talk about a debate that's raged in your field for many years. In a lot of languages, there isn't. 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. 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. Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through. As you're going about your day, you likely interact with family, friends and coworkers. 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. What Makes Lawyers Happy? 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. That's how much cultural heritage is lost. 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. 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. GEACONE-CRUZ: It's a Sunday afternoon, and it's raining outside. 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. I saw this bird's-eye view, and I was this little red dot. I'm . Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button. Goal Striving, Need Satisfaction, and Longitudinal Well-being: The Self-Concordance Model, by Kennon M. Sheldon and Andrew J. Elliot, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1999. 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. And some people would say it's a lot more because it's, you know, irrecoverable and not reduplicated elsewhere. 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. That's because change is hard. Relationships 2.0: What Makes Relationships Thrive | Hidden Brain Media Bu al (Eds. 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. 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. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: (Speaking foreign language). Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. Parents and peers influence our major life choices, but they can also steer us in directions that leave us deeply unsatisfied. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. Hidden Brain: The Easiest Person to Fool on Apple Podcasts We can't help, as literate people, thinking that the real language is something that sits still with letters written all nice and pretty on a page that can exist for hundreds of years, but that's not what language has ever been. And we teach them, for example, to say that bridges and apples and all kinds of other things have the same prefix as women. Writing has come along relatively recently. Hidden Brain Host Explains Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day Shankar Vedantam: This is Hidden Brain. VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? In the United States, we often praise people with strong convictions, and look down on those who express doubt or hesitation. 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. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. BORODITSKY: It's certainly possible. 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. And if they were facing east, they would make the cards come toward them, toward the body. That is the most random thing. But she told me a story about a conversation she had with a native speaker of Indonesian. Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. Why researchers should think real-world: A conceptual rationale, by Harry T. Reis, in Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life, 2012. They're supposed to be painting something very personal. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. We'll be back momentarily. Interpersonal Chemistry: What Is It, How Does It Emerge, and How Does it Operate? How else would you do it? in your textbooks but when you're hanging out with friends. Our team includes Laura Kwerel, Adhiti Bandlamudi and our supervising producer Tara Boyle. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. Toula and Ian's different backgrounds become apparent on one of their very first dates. 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? So it's easy to think, oh, I could imagine someone without thinking explicitly about what they're wearing. Imagine this. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast "Hidden Brain" has been reporting on human behavior for decades. 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. So for example, if Sam grabbed a hammer and struck the flute in anger, that would be one description, like, Sam broke the flute. It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts. 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 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. VEDANTAM: Time is another concept that is also central to the way we see and describe the world. (Speaking Japanese). We're speaking today with cognitive science professor Lera Boroditsky about language. We convince a colleague to take a different tactic at work. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly useful. Now I can stay oriented. Follow on Apple, Google or Spotify. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. Growing up, I understood this word to mean for a very short time, as in John McWhorter was momentarily surprised. How to Really Know Another Person - Transcripts He's also the author of the book, "Words On The Move: Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally).". He says that buying into false beliefs, in other words, deluding ourselves can . He didn't like that people were shortening the words. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking foreign language). 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. Cholera and malnourishment await Somalis fleeing . 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. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. They shape our place in it. But I understand that in Spanish, this would come out quite differently. Evaluating Changes in Motivation, Values, and Well-being, Goal Striving, Need Satisfaction, and Longitudinal Well-being: The Self-Concordance Model, Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, Read the latest from the Hidden Brain Newsletter. But things can be important not just because they're big. 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. Let's start with the word literally. And so somebody says something literally, somebody takes a point literally. You would never know, for example, that - give you an example I've actually been thinking about. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, by Robert A. Emmons, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986. Whats going on here? VEDANTAM: My guest today is - well, why don't I let her introduce herself? Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Dont Know, by Adam Grant, 2021. They're more likely to see through this little game that language has played on them. Whats going on here? Language is something that's spoken, and spoken language especially always keeps changing. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, by Robert A. Emmons, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986. 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. But what we should teach is not that the good way is logical and the way that you're comfortable doing it is illogical. You can find the transcript for most episodes of Hidden Brain on our website. VEDANTAM: Lera now tries to understand languages spoken all over the world. BORODITSKY: My family is Jewish, and we left as refugees. Accuracy and availability may vary. So some languages don't have number words. There are different ways to be a psychologist. That is the direction of writing in Hebrew and Arabic, going from right to left. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9rd1djMGxoZg==, open.spotify.com/show/20Gf4IAauFrfj7RBkjcWxh. : A Data-Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success, Does Legal Education Have Undermining Effects on Law Students? 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. MCWHORTER: Thank you for having me, Shankar. John is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. VEDANTAM: I'm Shankar Vedantam. And dead languages never change, and some of us might prefer those. 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. You couldn't have predicted this I know-uh move-uh (ph). And so language changed just like the clouds in the sky. I think it's a really fascinating question for future research. Another possibility is that it's a fully integrated mind, and it just incorporates ideas and distinctions from both languages or from many languages if you speak more than two. And so what that means is if someone was sitting facing south, they would lay out the story from left to right. Maybe they like the same kinds of food, or enjoy the same hobbies. So LOL starts out as meaning hardy-har-har (ph), but then it becomes something more abstract. And what he noticed was that when people were trying to act like Monday, they would act like a man. - you would have to say something like, my arm got broken, or it so happened to me that my arm is broken. 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 If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. 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 so even though I insist that there is no scientific basis for rejecting some new word or some new meaning or some new construction, I certainly have my visceral biases. And very competent adults of our culture can't do that. VEDANTAM: Languages orient us to the world. . SHANKAR VEDANTAM, HOST:This is HIDDEN BRAIN. But actually, that's exactly how people in those communities come to stay oriented - is that they learn it, (laughter) right? We use a lot of music on the show! You have to do it in order to fit into the culture and to speak the language. JERRY SEINFELD: (As Jerry Seinfeld) The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. and pick the featured episodes for your show. 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. 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. 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. I'm Shankar Vedantam, and you're listening to HIDDEN BRAIN. Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world. This is HIDDEN BRAIN. ADAM COLE, BYLINE: (Singing) You put your southwest leg in, and you shake it all about.
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