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92: In the First 600 Milliseconds (with Rachel Nordlinger)

1 hour 45 minutes Posted Feb 22, 2024 at 11:32 pm.
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What are your eyes doing when you describe a scene? It may depend on your language. 

New research from Dr Rachel Nordlinger and team shows that we do a lot of planning and scanning very quickly, and it follows the requirements of our language. She's studied Murrinhpatha, an Australian Aboriginal language, to see what its speakers do.