Science Magazine (31) How language shapes the way we think

Lera Boroditsky speaks at TEDWomen 2017 — Bridges, November 1-3, 2017, Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo: Stacie McChesney / TED

Lera Boroditsky speaks at TEDWomen 2017. Source: TED Conferences LLC

Using examples from various languages, cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky argues that "The beauty of linguistic diversity is that it reveals to us just how ingenious and how flexible the human mind is."



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