TED: Your words may predict your future mental health | Mariano Sigman

The video explores the evolution of human thought, focusing on Julian Jaynes' hypothesis that consciousness as we know it is a recent development. It discusses the methodology of creating a 'space of words' to analyze historical texts for introspection. The analysis is applied to Greek and Judeo-Christian traditions, showing a pattern of increasing introspection. The video concludes with the potential of using language analysis to predict mental health issues, highlighting a study on predicting psychosis in at-risk individuals.

What role does the concept of 'introspection' play in the context of modern psychology as discussed in the text?

In what way does the text suggest that monitoring our words could impact mental health?

What was the outcome of the study on the speech of young people at risk of developing schizophrenia?

What intuition did the speaker have regarding Polo's tweets, and how did it relate to the study's findings?