The Effects of Language on the Brain

Sirius: Is there any evidence that you actually kind of start to see different if you have more language around color? Not that I can detect. But my understanding is that you can notice the differences between things, like even though we don't call everything snow,. We can still with more adjectives and with more time and attention tell different types of snow. And a lot of the top psychology examples of linguistic determinism.

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From trustworthy to calming, sad to steadfast, and, of course, jeans - the color blue means a lot of things to a lot of people. Join Team Tangents as we delve into this deceptively complicated primary color!

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Sources:

[Trivia Question]

YInMn blue unnamed element

https://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/chemistry-news-events/yinmn-blue

https://chemistry.oregonstate.edu/impact/2017/09/hello-bluetiful-theres-a-new-yinmn-blue-inspired-crayon

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-blue-pigment-discovered-200-years-finally-sale-180976769/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/style/blue-pigment-YInMn.html

https://colourlex.com/project/yinmn-blue/

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