So it's easy to think, oh, I could imagine someone without thinking explicitly about what they're wearing. 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. Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. When she was 12, her family came to the United States from the Soviet Union. 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. Lera said there's still a lot of research to be done on this. BORODITSKY: One thing that we've noticed is this idea of time, of course, is very highly constructed by our minds and our brains. Imagine this. There's been a little bit of research from economists actually looking at this. Languages are not just tools. And in fact, speakers of languages like this have been shown to orient extremely well - much better than we used to think humans could. And what he noticed was that when people were trying to act like Monday, they would act like a man. For example, he might take a bunch of pictures of boys and girls and sort them and say, OK, this is a boy. Not without written permission. I just don't want to do it. al, Group Decision and Negotiation, 2008. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) If you're so upset about it, maybe you can think of a way to help her. Now I can stay oriented. So maybe they're saying bridges are beautiful and elegant, not because they're grammatically feminine in the language, but because the bridges they have are, in fact, more beautiful and elegant. Hidden Brain: You, But Better on Apple Podcasts And you say that dictionaries in some ways paint an unrealistic portrait of a language. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. You know, endings are going to tend to drop off. 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. If you're bilingual or multilingual, you may have noticed that different languages make you stretch in different ways. VEDANTAM: There are phrases in every language that are deeply evocative and often, untranslatable. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. You can also connect directly with our sponsorship representative by emailing [emailprotected]. Many of us believe that hard work and persistence are the key to achieving our goals. 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 all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. BORODITSKY: And when they were trying to act like Wednesday, they would act like a woman BORODITSKY: Which accords with grammatical gender in Russian. 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? Now, in a lot of languages, you can't say that because unless you were crazy, and you went out looking to break your arm, and you succeeded - right? Copyright 2023 Steno. This week, we're going to bring you a conversation I had in front of a live audience with Richard Thaler, taped on Halloween at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D. Richard is a professor of behavioral sciences and economics at the University of Chicago and is a well-known author. Hidden Brain. Imagine you meet somebody, they're 39 and you take their picture. That's because change is hard. edit transcripts, Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service, If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? The only question was in which way. And you can even teach people to have a little bit of fun with the artifice. We convince a colleague to take a different tactic at work. I'm Shankar Vedantam. This is HIDDEN BRAIN. They are ways of seeing the world. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe watching Netflix or something. So when the perfect woman started writing him letters, it seemed too good to be true. That's the way words are, too. VEDANTAM: For more HIDDEN BRAIN, you can find us on Facebook and Twitter. This is Hidden Brain. And then if you are going to be that elliptical, why use the casual word get? VEDANTAM: John McWhorter, thank you so much for joining me on HIDDEN BRAIN today. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. So act like Monday. We call this language Gumbuzi. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. And if that is true, then the educated person can look down on people who say Billy and me went to the store or who are using literally, quote, unquote, "wrong" and condemn them in the kinds of terms that once were ordinary for condemning black people or women or what have you. I saw this bird's-eye view, and I was this little red dot. Subscribe to the Hidden Brain Podcast on your favorite podcast player so you never miss an episode. 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. But actually, it's something that's not so hard to learn. GEACONE-CRUZ: And you're at home in your pajamas, all nice and cuddly and maybe, watching Netflix or something. This is Hidden Brain. The Effects of Conflict Types, Dimensions, and Emergent States on Group Outcomes, by Karen Jehn et. Maybe they like the same kinds of food, or enjoy the same hobbies. And one thing that we've noticed is that around the world, people rely on space to organize time. 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. I'm shankar Vedantam in the 2002 rom com. And if you don't have a word for exactly seven, it actually becomes very, very hard to keep track of exactly seven. How do certain memes go viral? Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button. And so what that means is if someone was sitting facing south, they would lay out the story from left to right. 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. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. And they suggest that differences across languages do, in fact, predict some of these measures of gender equality across countries. "Most of the laughter we produce is purely . So earlier things are on the left. ), The Sourcebook of Listening Research: Methodology and Measures, 2018. If you're a monolingual speaker of one of these languages, you're very likely to say that the word chair is masculine because chairs are, in fact, masculine, right? 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. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. Perceived Partner Responsiveness Scale (PPRS), by Harry T. Reis et. JERRY SEINFELD: (As Jerry Seinfeld) The second button literally makes or breaks the shirt. How to Really Know Another Person - Transcripts There are many scholars who would say, look, yes, you do see small differences between speakers of different languages, but these differences are not really significant; they're really small. VEDANTAM: Many of us have dictionaries at home or at work, John. In this week's My Unsung Hero, Sarah Feldman thanks someone for their gift more than 20 years ago. They give us a sense that the meanings of words are fixed, when in fact they're not. 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. But as Bob Cialdini set out to discover the keys to influence and persuasion, he decided to follow the instincts of his childhood. But if you prefer life - the unpredictability of life - then living language in many ways are much more fun. I'm Shankar Vedantam. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. It's too high. And if it was feminine, then you're likely to paint death as a woman. So if the word for death was masculine in your language, you were likely to paint death as a man. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it's pretty much always driven older people crazy. Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date. FDA blocks human trials for Neuralink brain implants. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. Can I get some chicken? BORODITSKY: Thank you so much for having me. al (Eds. This week on Hidden Brain, we explore how unconscious bias can infect a culture and how a police shooting may say as much about a community as it does about individuals. 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. We also look at how. So these speakers have internalized this idea from their language, and they believe that it's right. Whats going on here? But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy that's all around us. Long before she began researching languages as a professor, foreign languages loomed large in her life. And we looked at every personification and allegory in Artstor and asked, does the language that you speak matter for how you paint death, depending on whether the word death is masculine or feminine in your language? Happiness 2.0: Surprising Sources of Joy | Hidden Brain Media MCWHORTER: Those are called contronyms, and literally has become a new contronym. But what most people mean is that there'll be slang, that there'll be new words for new things and that some of those words will probably come from other languages. So in English, I might say that Sam (ph) broke the flute. Are the spoken origins of language one reason that words so often seem to be on the move? Hidden Brain: The NPR Archive : NPR - NPR.org 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. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy, direct support to Hidden Brain by making a gift on our Patreon page, sponsorship opportunities on Hidden Brain. VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. 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. Interpersonal Chemistry: What Is It, How Does It Emerge, and How Does it Operate? Hidden Brain - Google Podcasts 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. 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. 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. You couldn't have predicted this I know-uh move-uh (ph). The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. And some people would say it's a lot more because it's, you know, irrecoverable and not reduplicated elsewhere. And then he would take a Polaroid of the kid and say, well, this is you. Accuracy and availability may vary. VEDANTAM: Lera now tries to understand languages spoken all over the world. Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: (Speaking foreign language). 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. Learn more. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. So it's mendokusai. So for example, for English speakers - people who read from left to right - time tends to flow from left to right. And this is NPR. Well never sell your personal information. VEDANTAM: Our conversation made me wonder about what this means on a larger scale. 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. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #6: (Speaking foreign language). VEDANTAM: So I want to talk about a debate that's raged in your field for many years. They're more likely to say, well, it's a formal property of the language. He. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #8: (Speaking Italian). 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If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. 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. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. (Speaking Japanese). This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. Relationships 2.0: What Makes Relationships Thrive | Hidden Brain Media Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. And if you teach them that forks go with women, they start to think that forks are more feminine. This week, in the final . It should be thought of as fun. 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. It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. When language was like that, of course it changed a lot - fast - because once you said it, it was gone. Who Do You Want To Be? - Hidden Brain (pdcast) | Listen Notes Well, that's an incredibly large set of things, so that's a very broad effect of language. But what if there's a whole category of people in your life whose impact is overlooked? . Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. VEDANTAM: I asked Lera how describing the word chair or the word bridge as masculine or feminine changes the way that speakers of different languages think about those concepts. FEB 27, 2023; Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button . And if people heard the sounds a little differently and produced them a little differently, if there were new meanings of words - very quickly whatever the original meaning was wouldn't be remembered. Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. LERA BORODITSKY: The categorization that language provides to you becomes real - becomes psychologically real. Hidden Brain on RadioPublic Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. Mistakes and errors are what turned Latin into French. FAQ | Hidden Brain Media For more of our Relationships 2.0 series, check out one of our most popular episodes ever about why marriages are so hard. They can be small differences but important in other ways. So LOL was an internet abbreviation meaning laugh out loud or laughing out loud, but LOL in common usage today doesn't necessarily mean hysterical laughter. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Podcasters use the RadioPublic listener relationship platform to build lasting connections with fans. 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. Language is something that's spoken, and spoken language especially always keeps changing. So if you took a bunch of those tendencies, you could make up, say, the English of 50 years from now, but some of the things would just be complete chance. Psychologist Ken Sheldon studies the science of figuring out what you want. But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. There are different ways to be a psychologist. 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'm . And I kind of sheepishly confessed this to someone there. Each generation hears things and interprets things slightly differently from the previous one. Newsletter: BORODITSKY: I had this wonderful opportunity to work with my colleague Alice Gaby in this community called Pormpuraaw in - on Cape York. It has to do with the word momentarily. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language). Whats going on here? But that can blind us to a very simple source of joy thats all around us. 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. VEDANTAM: I'm Shankar Vedantam. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #16: Not figuratively, it's literally MCWHORTER: Yeah. VEDANTAM: The word chair is feminine in Italian. And to our surprise, 78 percent of the time, we could predict the gender of the personification based on the grammatical gender of the noun in the artist's native language. 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. And it's sad that we're not going to be able to make use of them and learn them and celebrate them. HIDDEN BRAIN < Lost in Translation: January 29, 20189:00 PM ET VEDANTAM: Well, that's kind of you, Lera. It turns out, as you point out, that in common usage, literally literally means the opposite of literally. Welcome to HIDDEN BRAIN. Everyone wants to be loved and appreciated. 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. 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. Imagine how we would sound to them if they could hear us. Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy, Read the latest from the Hidden Brain Newsletter. They shape our place in it. The phrase brings an entire world with it - its context, its flavor, its culture. They shape our place in it. Additional Resources Book: 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 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. Evaluating Changes in Motivation, Values, and Well-being, by Kennon M. Sheldon and Lawrence S. Krieger, Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2004. It Takes Two: The Interpersonal Nature of Empathic Accuracy, What Do You Do When Things Go Right? Whats going on here? Updated privacy policy: We have made some changes to our Privacy Policy. For more on decision-making, check out our episode on how to make wiser choices. All episodes of Hidden Brain - Chartable Hidden Brain Episodes Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button Many of us rush through our lives, chasing goals and just trying to get everything done. 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. I'm Shankar Vedanta. GEACONE-CRUZ: And I ended up living there for 10 years. The fun example I give my students is imagine playing the hokey pokey in a language like this. Hidden Brain: The Easiest Person to Fool on Apple Podcasts VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly useful. BORODITSKY: Well, I think it's a terrible tragedy. And I did that. VEDANTAM: One of the points you make in the book of course is that the evolution of words and their meanings is what gives us this flowering of hundreds or thousands of languages. Yes! A brief history of relationship research in social psychology, by Harry T. Reis, in Handbook of the History of Social Psychology, 2011. Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting. 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. 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. BORODITSKY: My family is Jewish, and we left as refugees. In the final episode of our "Mind Reading 2.0" series, we bring back one of our favorite conversations, with linguist Deborah Tannen. You know, there's no left leg or right leg. If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes All sponsorship opportunities on Hidden Brain are managed by SXM Media. My big fat greek wedding, an american woman of greek ancestry falls in love with a very vanilla, american man. Or feel like you and your spouse sometimes speak different languages? 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. VEDANTAM: If you have teenagers or work closely with young people, chances are you'll be mystified by their conversations or even annoyed. Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain telling the stories of . Copyright Hidden Brain Media | Privacy Policy, Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live, Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation, Athletic Scholarships are Negatively Associated with Intrinsic Motivation for Sports, Even Decades Later: Evidence for Long-Term Undermining, Rightly Crossing the Rubicon: Evaluating Goal Self-Concordance Prior to Selection Helps People Choose More Intrinsic Goals, What Makes Lawyers Happy? 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. For example, if you take seeds and put them in the ground, that's one thing. If you're like most people, you probably abandoned those resolutions within a few weeks. And I would really guess that in a few decades men will be doing it, too. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. They know which way is which.
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