When Anxiety Takes Away Your Words: The Science of Language & Communication
What happens to our ability to communicate when anxiety takes over? Why can someone who is normally articulate suddenly struggle to find their words?
Jeremy de Tolly explores these questions with philosopher and linguist Ryan Nefdt, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town and the University of Bristol and a member of the UCT Neuroscience Institute.
They explore how language shapes our experience, how the brain processes language, what happens to communication under pressure, and how AI is changing the way we use language.
The conversation also asks what makes human…
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