Lera Boroditsky
@leraboroditsky
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Scientist. Professor. Trying to figure out how humans get so smart. Let's see if we humans are smart enough for that. https://t.co/3uLjbOZLq7
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Joined October 2011
Goats can acquire regional accents. This explains a lot of the miscommunications I've had with goats over the years. http://t.co/a1Sjp6h7v7
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RT @MediaEcology: Extended Call for Papers for our 26th Annual Convention in Mexico City, June 5–8, 2025 at @UPInstitucional. https://t.co…
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We are hiring 3 assistant professors in Cognitive Science at UCSD! All areas of Cognitive Science. Join us! Pass it on!
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We have openings for 3 assistant professors in Cognitive Science at UCSD! All areas of Cognitive Science. Join us! Pass it on!
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RT @IJMonod: ❗️LSC 2024 : A multitude of times” meeting❗️ « How languages and cultures construct time » 📍Institut Jacques Monod, Buffon am…
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Woah, I seem to have learned a few new languages today!
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RT @pangbornsymp: Language and perception: Lera Boroditsky (@leraboroditsky) to give keynote lecture on the role of language in guiding per…
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It’s amazing how much bilinguals take their abilities for granted. I often listen in jealous awe as someone gives a lecture in their 2nd language, thinking wow, I wish I could that. Then later remember wait, I didn’t even speak English till I was 12. I do that for a living!
@leraboroditsky Thank you so much! My love letter to bilingual minds. Who doesn’t like getting a 200 page love letter.
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Just got my copy. So excited to read it! Congrats @VioricaMarian1 !!! Get yours here: The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
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RT @manoushz: From microbes to kindergarteners to they/them...the small things matter. Thank you @AnneAMadden
@leraboroditsky YeYoon Kim an…
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Small things we take for granted can be very powerful. Definitely true with language. I’m interviewed.
You don’t have to be big to pack a punch. TED speakers teach us that sometimes it’s the tiniest things that are the most powerful.
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Scientists in Ukraine - we have a visiting researcher position open at UCSD for researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. If interested, please contact Amelia Glaser with a CV and a letter: amglaser@ucsd.edu
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STEM scholars in Ukraine (or recent refugees from Ukraine) - we have a visiting researcher position open at UCSD. Please distribute. If interested, please contact Amelia Glaser with a CV and a letter: amglaser@ucsd.edu
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Visiting researcher position at UCSD for STEM scholars in Ukraine (or recent refugees from Ukraine). Please distribute. If interested, please contact Amelia Glaser with a CV and a letter: amglaser@ucsd.edu
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If you need an example for teaching about base rate neglect. Unless at least 82% of all recreational boaters are boating sober, sounds like alcohol is saving lives. 🤔🧐
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@asifa_majid But more importantly do kangaroos have feet? Or paws? If so how many of each? How about bunnies? #hoppingintoessentialismwithbothfeet
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Language is power
Michigan prison officials have banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili, saying "if certain prisoners all decided to learn a very obscure language, they would be able to then speak freely in front of staff" and could organize without their knowledge.
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@Nancy_Kanwisher @schoppik Hi Nancy! It depends on what you think is moving. If you’re moving in time, ‘forward’ is in your direction of motion, toward the future. If time is moving past you, ‘forward’ is in the direction of time’s motion, toward the past.
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