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The hidden role of language in consciousness

For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from ...
While the days of forcing left-handed children to use their right hands are mostly over, the bias against lefties continues in most languages around the world.
A "hidden" language spoken by only about 1,000 people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture ...
For some people it’s nearly impossible to say what they really think or feel which leads to the development of a hidden language comprised of body language, actions and beating around the bush. We may ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research shows how language and consciousness interact, revealing why words matter more to awareness than once thought.