"It was almost as if there was a secret world of pronouns that existed outside our awareness."

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There are hidden messages in everything you write or say, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the department of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. 

He spoke recently with Scientific American’s Mind Matters editor Gareth Cook about how we use “I,” “we,” and “who” reveals more about us than we think.

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