Psi Chi Distinguished Speaker
Language as a Window Into Human Nature
Time
Friday May 28, 2010,
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM - Grand Ballroom
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Steven Pinker
Harvard University |
Language is the main channel in which human beings share the contents of their consciousness. It thus offers a window into human nature. Pinker shows how grammar is a window into cognition, swearing is a window into emotion, and innuendo is a window into social relationships.
2010 Program Committee
Tyler S. Lorig, Washington and Lee University (Chair); Nalini Ambady, Tufts University; Abigail Baird, Vassar College; Sian Beilock, University of Chicago; Daniel Klein, Stony Brook University, The State University of New York; Richard Lewis, Pomona College; Kris Preacher, University of Kansas; Deidra Schleicher, Purdue University; Timothy Strauman, Duke University; Tracy Zinn, James Madison University