Lisa Feldman Barrett Dialogue
The Munk Debates Podcast
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Is There a Duty of Care to Words?
Mayme: Words have a direct effect on your brain activity and your bodily systems. So do we have some kind of duty of care, lisa, to each other? Mayme: We influence each other's nervous systems in ways we're completely unaware of. And one of those ways is by using words. I can text three little words to my friend who lives in belgium. She doesn't have to hear my voice, she doesn't see my face,. But with those three little words, i can change her heart rate. I can change her breathing, i can changed her metabolism. All these things actually, their small little instances, but they add up overtime to cause big
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