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What our language habits reveal

In an exclusive preview of his book <i>The Stuff of Thought</i>, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.

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In an exclusive preview of his book <i>The Stuff of Thought</i>, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Steven Pinker is a professor of cognitive science (the study of the human mind) who writes about language, mind and human nature.

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