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Language and brains, an update

Adam Keys Curated, The System October 11, 2010 0 Minutes

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? An update on the current thinking around the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the one about language and the words therein shaping the thoughts you can and cannot form.

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Published October 11, 2010

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