"Human minds have invented not one cognitive universe, but 7,000."
Lera Boroditsky is a cognitive scientist and linguist whose research has transformed our understanding of how language shapes thought. Her groundbreaking studies in linguistic relativity demonstrate that the structure of a language can influence how speakers perceive time, space, causality, and even morality—revealing the profound ways culture and cognition intertwine.
Boroditsky’s work has been featured in Nature, Scientific American, and The New York Times, and she has delivered lectures worldwide on the intersection of language, culture, and cognition. Named one of 25 visionaries changing the world by the Utne Reader, Boroditsky continues to challenge assumptions about the universality of human thought.
“One of the first to show truly convincing effects of language on cognitive processes" — Dan Slobin, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley
