Interview with Lera Boroditsky, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and Editor in Chief of Frontiers in Cultural Psychology. She was the opening speaker at the annual statewide ...

Does language shape the way we think? For many linguists, the answer is no. From the 1970s through the 1990s, the accepted theory was that all languages have a common underlying structure, which means ...

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A researcher at Stanford University has written a fascinating essay, “How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?,” in the Edge about her examination of how people who speak different native ...

For cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky, the fact the human brain can perceive other people's odd collection of noises as things called "words," which somehow possess meaning, is baffling in its own ...

During the first quarter of this year, the U.S. economy grew a dismal 0.1 percent, well below predictions. Depending on which pundit you listen to, this was a sign of either a stalling economy or an ...

Lera Boroditsky’s book “7000 Universes: How the Languages We Speak Shape the Way We Think”, is an unconventional route to exploring the diversity of human cultures and therefore the thinking processes ...

Adinne Schwartz and her husband Reese Simpkins are raising their child, Emry, using they/them pronouns, rather than he or she. "We wanted to give Emry the choice and the freedom to be who they are ...

The way we talk about gender is evolving, but what impact do words have? Kim Chakanetsa meets two women at the forefront of the study of language and asks them whether the language we speak can impact ...

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Small But Mighty. Languages are complex and our words are powerful. Cognative scientist Lera Boroditsky discusses how even small variations in language may mean ...