How Language Structure Affects Cognitive Skills

Name: How Language Structure Affects Cognitive Skills
Uploaded: 2026-08-20
Duration: 10 min 39 s
Channel: Trevor Noah
Description: Lera Boroditsky illustrates how the structure of language influences cognitive skills, explaining that speakers of languages with absolute spatial orientation can navigate environments more effectively than those who use relative terms, demonstrating the brain's capacity for adaptation.

Lera Boroditsky illustrates how the structure of language influences cognitive skills, explaining that speakers of languages with absolute spatial orientation can navigate environments more effectively than those who use relative terms, demonstrating the brain's capacity for adaptation.

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