article_snippet: the interactive tool below is created by James Pennebaker, a psychologist at the University of Texas, who studies the link between language and personality.
article_snippet: the interactive tool below is created by James Pennebaker, a psychologist at the University of Texas, who studies the link between language and personality.
article_snippet: Dr Pennebacker has previously developed a computer program called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) which looks at the choice, frequency and context of words to gauge a person’s psychological state, Maria Konnikova writes for the New Yorker. '
article_snippet: Since the creation of the LIWC, in 1993, studies utilising the program have suggested a close connection between our language, our state of mind, and our behaviour,’ Maria Konnikova writes.