Stealth Words, what they say about you and how you can use them to heal yourself from traumas. Time Stamps: 05:16 Sexual Traumas 11:00 Deception Detection 13:22 Function Words 21:16 Deceptive Leaders 23:08 Deception 26:36 Analysing Presidents 32:14 Gender Differences in Language use 36:08 Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) 40:40 Dominance Hierarchy 42:32 The Language of Couples (LSM) 47:35 Mirroring and Matching 49:40 Chat GBT 01:01:52 Deceptive Strategies Professor James Pennebaker is a social psychologist who's made several major discoveries, one of which is his research on the psychological benefits of writing and language use for victims of sexual abuse, and another one is related a special kind of words that completely avoid our conscious awareness which makes them very interesting in the context of deception detection. In this interview we dive into his research and explore how we can use words to heal ourselves, overcome sexual traumas, predict successful relationships by just looking at a couple of words, we analyze past and current Presidents including Putin, and how to detect deception by analyzing stealth words. We are also discussing the potential risks and benefits of chat GBT in relation to manipulative language. Prof. Pennebaker has developed the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count program, an automated application for text analysis, which has been widely used in studies on deception detection and gender differences in language use and by all accounts these differences are not what you may expect. He has also conducted research on language style matching, that’s how people subconsciously adapt their language to match, or not match, that of their conversational partners. The degree of Language style matching tells us a lot about the social connection of the speakers, and their hierarchy, power, and dominance ranking to give you just a few examples. Beyond his research, Prof. Pennebaker is also the author of several books, including "Opening Up by Writing It Down." This book delves into the power of language use and writing for personal growth and well-being, especially if you have to deal with some form of personal trauma. If you are more interested in deception detection in a way that so far is hardly explored because everyone mistakenly looks at nonverbal communication when trying to spot lies, then "The Secret Life of Pronouns" tells you what to look for. And we are discussing all of this in the following interview. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1WhPk9e0Js