Thursday, July 2, 2009

Does Language Shape the Way We Think?


Dr. Lera Boroditsky is an assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University and has studied a number of languages around the world to see how grammatical structure affects what different cultures consider important. Her essay on language and perception appears in the new book “What’s Next? Dispatches on the Future of Science.”






Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young.

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