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“Shakespeare uses a linguistic technique known as functional shift that involves, for example using a noun to serve as a verb. Researchers found that this technique allows the brain to understand what a word means before it understands the function of the word within a sentence. ”
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“People in an upbeat mood are more exploratory and daring in attitude — and therefore more apt to break from cultural stereotype. “
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“A new technique that separates truth from lies finds it takes about 30 percent longer to fib.”
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“Our brains automatically consider many possible words and their meanings before we’ve even heard the final sound of the word.”
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“The application’s algorithms work off six key tenets of spin and bias, which the company derived from both the guidelines of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code Of Ethics.”
