Lera Boroditsky Presentation

How Language Shapes Thought

Dr. Lera Boroditsky is now professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego. At the time of this presentation, she was at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. One of the leading researchers studying linguistic relativity, in this engaging lecture sponsored by The Long Now Foundation Links to an external site., she brings together numerous examples of research on linguistic relativity, both her own and that of others.

The YouTube video is embedded below. The entire video is one hour forty-one minutes long. You may want to watch it in multiple viewings. Here is a time guide that may be helpful:

• 0:00 Introductory video about Words (interesting, but not directly relevant)
• 3:50 Stewart Brand's introduction of Dr. Boroditsky (Stewart Brand published The Whole Earth Catalog from 1968-1972)
• 5:08 Dr. Boroditsky's presentation begins
• 1:09:45 Question & Answer period
• 1:41:11 End

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