TY - BOOK AU - MacDonald,Maryellen Coles TI - More than words: how talking sharpens the mind and shapes our world SN - 9780593545270 AV - BF455 M135m 2025 U1 - 401/.9 23/eng/20250212 PY - 2025///] CY - New York PB - Avery KW - Speech KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Psychology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- We Do the Talking -- Talk Baby to Me -- The Challenge of Talking -- Talking Tunes Our Brains -- Talking and Mental Focus -- Talking to Learn -- Talking and Aging Well -- Talking out in the World -- Talking Changeth Language -- By Your Talking You Shall Be Judged -- The Emerging Science Analyzing our Talk -- Afterword N2 - "A professor of psychology and language sciences, Maryellen MacDonald's book explores the power of talking, how we do it, how it shapes us, and how we can harness discussion to better connect with each other"-- ER -