And this is NPR. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? I know-uh (ph) is there, or something along the lines of babe-uh (ph). They shape our place in it. 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. And the answer should be, north, northeast in the far distance; how about you? The size of this effect really quite surprised me because I would have thought at the outset that, you know, artists are these iconoclasts. He. by Harry T. Reis, Annie Regan, and Sonja Lyubomirsky, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2021. VEDANTAM: One of the ultimate messages I took from your work is that, you know, we can choose to have languages that are alive or languages that are dead. I'm shankar Vedantam in the 2002 rom com. They often feel angry about it, and you think this anger is actually telling. In the United States, we often praise people with strong convictions, and look down on those who express doubt or hesitation. Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live, by Kennon M. Sheldon, 2022. You know, there's no left leg or right leg. You would never know, for example, that - give you an example I've actually been thinking about. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking foreign language). VEDANTAM: The moment she heard it, Jennifer realized mendokusai was incredibly useful. 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 what if it's not even about lust? We talk with psychologist Iris Mauss, who explains why happiness Why do some companies become household names, while others flame out? Languages are not just tools to describe the world. Flight attendant Steven Slater slides from a plane after quitting. 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. So we did an analysis of images in Artstor. That's because change is hard. This week, we kick off a month-long series we're calling Happiness 2.0. And you can just - it rolls off the tongue, and you can just throw it out. 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. 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. See you next week. 00:55:27 Hidden Brain Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button He's also the author of the book, "Words On The Move: Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally).". VEDANTAM: Still don't have a clear picture? 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. You can run experiments in a lab or survey people on the street. VEDANTAM: Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive science professor at the University of California, San Diego. We all have to make certain choices in life, such as where to live and how to earn a living. You can find all Hidden Brain episodes on our website. But is that true when it comes to the pursuit of happiness? Today, we explore the many facets of this idea. 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. L. Gable, et. 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. Marcus Butt/Getty Images/Ikon Images Hidden Brain Why Nobody Feels Rich by Shankar Vedantam , Parth Shah , Tara Boyle , Rhaina Cohen September 14, 2020 If you've ever flown in economy class. And I can't help surmising that part of it is that the educated American has been taught and often well that you're not supposed to look down on people because of gender, because of race, because of ability. In the final episode of our "Mind Reading 2.0" series, we bring back one of our favorite conversations, with linguist Deborah Tannen. If you grew up speaking a language other than English, you probably reach for words in your native tongue without even thinking about it. According to neuroscientists who study laughter, it turns out that chuckles and giggles often aren't a response to humorthey're a response to people. MCWHORTER: Yeah, I really do. It seems kind of elliptical, like, would it be possible that I obtained? 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. Going the Distance on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Vital Role of Identified Motivation, by Kennon M. Sheldon, Motivation Science, 2020. Please note that your continued use of the RadioPublic services following the posting of such changes will be deemed an acceptance of this update. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language). We couldnt survive without the many public radio stations that support our show and they cant survive without you. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. 4.62. And, I mean, really, it sounds exactly like that. MCWHORTER: Yes, Shankar, that's exactly it. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. He's a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the author of the book "Words On The Move: Why English Won't - And Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally).". And it's not just about how we think about time. But what I am thinking is, you should realize that even if you don't like it, there's nothing wrong with it in the long run because, for example, Jonathan Swift didn't like it that people were saying kissed instead of kiss-ed (ph) and rebuked instead of rebuk-ed (ph). Listen on the Reuters app. 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. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. Today in our Happiness 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite episode from 2020. 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. Because it was. Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Through. In a lot of languages, there isn't. But if you prefer life - the unpredictability of life - then living language in many ways are much more fun. I'm Shankar Vedantam, and you're listening to HIDDEN BRAIN. something, even though it shouldn't be so much of an effort. BORODITSKY: And Russian is a language that has grammatical gender, and different days of the week have different genders for some reason. So if the word for death was masculine in your language, you were likely to paint death as a man. In this favorite 2021 episode, psychologist Adam Grant pushes back against the benefits of certainty, and describes the magic that unfolds when we challenge our own deeply-held beliefs. But if he just bumped into the table, and it happened to fall off the table and break, and it was an accident, then you might be more likely to say, the flute broke, or the flute broke itself, or it so happened to Sam that the flute broke. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways w, Having a sense of purpose can be a buffer against the challenges we all face at various stages of life. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. It's not something that you typically go out trying to do intentionally. VEDANTAM: There are phrases in every language that are deeply evocative and often untranslatable. So one possibility for bilinguals would be that they just have two different minds inside - right? The best Podcast API to search all podcasts and episodes. No matter how hard you try to feel happier, you end up back where you started. 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. Many of us rush through our days, weeks, and lives, chasing goals, and just trying to get everything done. You would give a different description to mark that it was not intentional. 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. 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. 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. Go behind the scenes, see what Shankar is reading and find more useful resources and links. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. : The Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Benefits of Sharing Positive Events, Shelly. "Most of the laughter we produce is purely . And we're all going to have feelings like that. Trusted by 5,200 companies and developers. This week, in the second installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Todd Kashdan looks at the relationship between distress and happiness, and how to keep difficult emotions from sabotaging our wellbeing. You're also not going to do algebra. Hidden Brain on Apple Podcasts And you've conducted experiments that explore how different conceptions of time in different languages shape the way we think about the world and shape the way we think about stories. 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. 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. Researcher Elizabeth Dunn helps us map out the unexpected ways we can find joy and happiness in our everyday lives. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. Just saying hello was difficult. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9rd1djMGxoZg==, open.spotify.com/show/20Gf4IAauFrfj7RBkjcWxh. Whats going on here? 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. The transcript below may be for an earlier version of this episode. Are the spoken origins of language one reason that words so often seem to be on the move? But what if there's a whole category of people in your life whose impact is overlooked? Subscribe: iOS | Android | Spotify | RSS | Amazon | Stitcher Latest Episodes: Happiness 2.0: The Reset Button In this month's Radio Replay, we ask whether the structure of the languages we speak can change the way we see the world. So that, again, is a huge difference. All of these are very subjective things. 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. There's not a bigger difference you could find than 100 percent of the measurement space. Now I can stay oriented. 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. Imagine you meet somebody, they're 39 and you take their picture. So act like Monday. Our transcripts are provided by various partners and may contain errors or deviate slightly from the audio. If it is the first time you login, a new account will be created automatically. Hidden Brain - Google Podcasts HIDDEN BRAIN < Lost in Translation: January 29, 20189:00 PM ET VEDANTAM: Well, that's kind of you, Lera. Purpose can also boost our health and longevity. And maybe the convenience store or the shop is really not that far away. Persuasion: Part 1 - Transcripts al, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2004. It is the very fabric, the very core of your experience. In the second episode of our "Relationships 2.0" series, psychologist Do you ever struggle to communicate with your mom?