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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. What Do You Do When Things Go Right? For more on decision-making, check out our episode on how to make wiser choices. Interpersonal Chemistry: What Is It, How Does It Emerge, and How Does it Operate? Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? If you're just joining us, I'm talking to John McWhorter. 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. I'm Shankar Vedanta. 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. You can search for the episode or browse all episodes on our Archive Page. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. VEDANTAM: So all this raises a really interesting question. And if you don't have a word for exactly seven, it actually becomes very, very hard to keep track of exactly seven. 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Assessing the Seeds of Relationship Decay: Using Implicit Evaluations to Detect the Early Stages of Disillusionment, by Soonhee Lee, Ronald D. Rogge, and Harry T. Reis, Psychological Science, 2010. Thank you! There's not a bigger difference you could find than 100 percent of the measurement space. This is Hidden Brain. VEDANTAM: As someone who spends a lot of his time listening to language evolve, John hears a lot of slang. al, Group Decision and Negotiation, 2008. 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. If you still cant find the episode, try looking through our most recent shows on our homepage. Special thanks to Adam Cole, who wrote and performed our rendition of "The Hokey Pokey." Of course, if you can't keep track of exactly seven, you can't count. Parents and peers influence our major life choices. But what we should teach is not that the good way is logical and the way that you're comfortable doing it is illogical. So it's, VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly. BORODITSKY: And Russian is a language that has grammatical gender, and different days of the week have different genders for some reason. 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. 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? 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. HIDDEN BRAIN < Lost in Translation: January 29, 20189:00 PM ET VEDANTAM: Well, that's kind of you, Lera. So it's easy to think, oh, I could imagine someone without thinking explicitly about what they're wearing. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. 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. 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? They are ways of seeing the world. Transcript Podcast: Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. Because were a small team, we dont have a publicly-available list of every piece of music that we use. We talk with psychologist Iris Mauss, who explains why happiness Why do some companies become household names, while others flame out? The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. I'm . That is the most random thing. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. 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. Which pile do you go in, right? It's part of a general running indication that everything's OK between you and the other person, just like one's expected to smile a little bit in most interactions. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. And it really is an illusion that what language is, is something that sits still. 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. It's never happened. Personal Strivings: An Approach to Personality and Subjective Well-being, by Robert A. Emmons, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986. And then question 21 was, is this person a man or a woman? Transcript Speaker 1 00:00:00 this is hidden brain. It's as if you saw a person - I'm not going to say at 4 because then the person is growing up, and if I use that analogy then it seems like I'm saying that language grows up or it moves toward something or it develops. There's a way of speaking right. This is a database with millions of art images. She shows how our conversational styles can cause We all know casual sex isn't about love. It's not something that you typically go out trying to do intentionally. Does Legal Education Have Undermining Effects on Law Students? Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. That's what it's all about. MCWHORTER: Yes, Shankar, that's exactly it. 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. 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. It might irritate you slightly to hear somebody say something like, I need less books instead of fewer books. There's been a little bit of research from economists actually looking at this. If it is the first time you login, a new account will be created automatically. And if you can enjoy it as a parade instead of wondering why people keep walking instead of just sitting on chairs and blowing on their tubas and not moving, then you have more fun. This week, in the final . You can run experiments in a lab or survey people on the street. Transcript The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: (Speaking foreign language). People do need to be taught what the socially acceptable forms are. There are different ways to be a psychologist. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Dont Know, by Adam Grant, 2021. I think it's a really fascinating question for future research. And why do some social movements take off and spread, while others fizzle? And it's not just about how we think about time. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #6: (Speaking foreign language). And so what that means is if someone was sitting facing south, they would lay out the story from left to right. We'll be back momentarily. And nobody wishes that we hadn't developed our modern languages today from the ancient versions. If you prefer to listen through a podcast app, here are links to our podcast on Apple, Spotify, and Stitcher. 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. For more of our Relationships 2.0 series, check out one of our most popular episodes ever about why marriages are so hard. How so? But as Bob Cialdini set out to discover the keys to influence and persuasion, he decided to follow the instincts of his childhood. 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's exactly how old English turned into modern English. 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. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy, Read the latest from the Hidden Brain Newsletter. It seems kind of elliptical, like, would it be possible that I obtained? MCWHORTER: Those are called contronyms, and literally has become a new contronym. Mistakes and errors are what turned Latin into French. Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. Copyright 2023 Steno. VEDANTAM: I understand that if you're in a picnic with someone from this community and you notice an ant climbing up someone's left leg, it wouldn't make a lot of sense to tell that person, look, there's an ant on your left leg. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. So I just think that it's something we need to check ourselves for. Newsletter: Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. MCWHORTER: Language is a parade, and nobody sits at a parade wishing that everybody would stand still. So you can't know how the words are going to come out, but you can take good guesses. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. Just saying hello was difficult. You would never know, for example, that - give you an example I've actually been thinking about. But can you imagine someone without imagining their gender? And we teach them, for example, to say that bridges and apples and all kinds of other things have the same prefix as women. And what's cool about languages, like the languages spoken in Pormpuraaw, is that they don't use words like left and right, and instead, everything is placed in cardinal directions like north, south, east and west. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Toula and Ian's different backgrounds become apparent on one of their very first dates. In The Air We Breathe . 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. Today, we explore the many facets of this idea. They believe that their language reflects the true structure of the world. 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. This week on Hidden Brain, psychologist Adam Grant describes the magic th 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. If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes For example, if you take seeds and put them in the ground, that's one thing. Please do not republish our logo, name or content digitally or distribute to more than 10 people without written permission. You know, endings are going to tend to drop off. And so, for example, can I get a hamburger? That hadn't started then. VEDANTAM: How the languages we speak shape the way we think and why the words we use are always in flux. Trusted by 5,200 companies and developers. And after listening to you, I realize I might have to finally give in. Lera, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. So act like Monday. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. Whats going on here? What techniques did that person use to persuade you? 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. If you're like most people, you probably abandoned those resolutions within a few weeks. What do you do for christmas with your family? 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. The categorization that language provides to you becomes real, becomes psychologically real. Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting. Sometimes, life can feel like being stuck on a treadmill. 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. 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. If you missed it, Think back to the last time someone convinced you to do something you didn't want to do, or to spend money you didn't want to spend. And then if you are going to be that elliptical, why use the casual word get? 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 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. Of course, you also can't experience anything outside of time. I've always found that a very grating way to ask for something at a store. When we come back, we dig further into the way that gender works in different languages and the pervasive effects that words can play in our lives. 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. VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? You know, it's Lady Liberty and Lady Justice. Languages are not just tools. Cholera and malnourishment await Somalis fleeing . But if I give that same story to a Hebrew or an Arabic speaker, they would organize it from right to left. Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. And you can just - it rolls off the tongue, and you can just throw it out. 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. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. 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And so somebody will say, well, who was it who you thought was going to give you this present? Imagine you meet somebody, they're 39 and you take their picture. Lera said there's still a lot of research to be done on this. VEDANTAM: Lera now tries to understand languages spoken all over the world. How do you balance the imperative of teaching correct usage? BORODITSKY: The way to say my name properly in Russian is (speaking foreign language), so I don't make people say that. We use a lot of music on the show! 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. And some people would say it's a lot more because it's, you know, irrecoverable and not reduplicated elsewhere. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: (Speaking foreign language). This takes kids a little while to figure out, and he had all kinds of clever ways to ask these questions. We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. 00:55:27 Hidden Brain Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. This week, we launch the first of a two-part mini-series on the scie, If you think about the people in your life, it's likely that they share a lot in common with you. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. 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. Each generation hears things and interprets things slightly differently from the previous one. It's how we think about anything that's abstract, that's beyond our physical senses. But it's so hard to feel that partly because our brains are on writing, as I say in the book. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. They're supposed to be painting something very personal. But it's a lovely example of how language can guide you to discover something about the world that might take you longer to discover if you didn't have that information in language. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. We convince a colleague to take a different tactic at work. Today's episode was the first in our You 2.0 series, which runs all this month. 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. They give us a sense that the meanings of words are fixed, when in fact they're not. . They're more likely to see through this little game that language has played on them. In the United States, we often praise people with strong convictions, and look down on those who express doubt or hesitation. GEACONE-CRUZ: It describes this feeling so perfectly in such a wonderfully packaged, encapsulated way. Can I get some chicken? All rights reserved. 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. (Speaking Japanese). That said, if you hear one or two pieces of music that you really love, feel free to email us at [emailprotected] and well do our best to respond to your request. Hidden Brain. If you can speak more than one language, does this mean that you're also simultaneously and constantly shifting in your mind between different worldviews? NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. BORODITSKY: I had this wonderful opportunity to work with my colleague Alice Gaby in this community called Pormpuraaw in - on Cape York. JENNIFER GEACONE-CRUZ: My name is Jennifer Geacone-Cruz. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? VEDANTAM: Jennifer moved to Japan for graduate school. For example, he might take a bunch of pictures of boys and girls and sort them and say, OK, this is a boy. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. 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. LERA BORODITSKY: The categorization that language provides to you becomes real - becomes psychologically real. Perceived Partner Responsiveness as an Organizing Construct in the Study of Intimacy and Closeness, by Harry T. Reis, et. 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? 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. It goes in this pile. One study that I love is a study that asked monolingual speakers of Italian and German and also bilingual speakers of Italian and German to give reasons for why things are the grammatical genders that they are. 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. You also see huge differences in other domains like number. VEDANTAM: Our conversation made me wonder about what this means on a larger scale. Think back to the last time someone convinced you to do something you didn't want to do, or to spend money you didn't want to spend. They shape our place in it. 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. Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. Bu You can't touch time. VEDANTAM: It took just one week of living in Japan for Jennifer to pick up an important new term. And to arrive in a new place where you can't tell a joke and can't express an idea - oh, it's just really painful because you feel like your whole self is hiding inside and no one can see it. Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation, by Kennon M. Sheldon, Motivation Science, 2020. 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 Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. 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.

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