Viorica Marian
Romanian-American cognitive scientist and psycholinguist known for research on bilingualism, language processing, and cognitive control; professor and researcher at Northwestern University.
Books
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1. The Power Of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
This book synthesizes decades of research to show how the languages we speak shape the way we think, perceive, remember, and interact with others, arguing that language is not merely a communication tool but a cognitive force that influences attention, emotions, social identity, and decision-making; drawing on experiments with monolingual and multilingual speakers, it explores effects on perception (for example, color and spatial reasoning), memory and categorization, the cognitive benefits and social challenges of bilingualism, and the broader implications for education, public policy, and how societies understand cultural difference.
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