More than words How talking sharpens the mind and shapes our world
Book - 2025
"A professor of psychology and language sciences, Maryellen MacDonald's book explores the power of talking, how we do it, how it shapes us, and how we can harness discussion to better connect with each other"--
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New York :
Avery, an imprint of Pengui Random House LLC
[2025]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xix, 316 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780593545270
- Introduction
- Part 1. Getting to Talk
- Chapter 1. We Do the Talking
- Chapter 2. Talk Baby to Me
- Chapter 3. The Challenge of Talking
- Part 2. Talking Tunes Our Brains
- Chapter 4. Talking and Mental Focus
- Chapter 5. Talking to Learn
- Chapter 6. Talking and Aging Well
- Part 3. Talking Out in the World
- Chapter 7. Talking Changeth Language
- Chapter 8. By Your Talking You Shall Be Judged
- Chapter 9. The Science of Talk Analysis
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index