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What's Hidden in Your Words

What's Hidden in Your Words

Update: 2024-10-0719
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I. Me. My. You. He. She. They. It. To. Of. For. These are all words we use without a second thought. But psychologist James Pennebaker says if we pay close attention to the patterns in speech and writing, we can understand profound things about others, and even ourselves.

For more on the relationship between language and our minds, check out this classic Hidden Brain episode: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/watch-your-mouth/

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Sara Kh

Very interesting episode. I found the editing to be very distracting. Was that added by AI?

Oct 14th
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squogg

Was really enjoying this episode and then it got real uncomfortable when discussing their study of Reddit posts. The fact they studied the post history of user's who had shared their breakup story is a great reminder about how truly public posts are 😬

Oct 12th
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morris touriel

I would caution listeners to not accept the interviewee's conclusions about changing vocabulary does not impact emotion/ depression, anxiety. It is the basis of the most documented successful tx of MH disorders - cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This story is more complex than this episode suggests. The basis of CBT is that our thoughts greatly influence our emtional state, and may be altered by changing the self-talk/the way we think and talk about our situation.

Oct 12th
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