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January 15, 2006

C. Kent Wright

"To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak."

C. Kent Wright

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January 14, 2006

Processing Language

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The way our brains process language is, to a large extent, a result of our experience and the resulting mapping between our ‘words’ and reality. For example, if I say the word “quarter-horse”, an image immediately pops into your head. Does it resemble a race horse you’ve seen or does it look like this?


 

Quarterhorse

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