The show talks with evolutionary psychologist and author Steven Pinker about his new book, "The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window into Human Nature." Pinker is a professor of psychology at ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Noam Chomsky’s political views attract so ...

Pinker, whose academic research focuses on psycholinguistics, argues that human language is a biological adaptation—evolved for the complex communication that turns private thoughts into shared ...