Abstract

The latest book written by Mutsumi Imai, winner of the “Shinsho Taisho 2024” Grand Prize for “The Essence of Language” (Chuko Shinsho)!
Mutsumi Imai's latest book!

You are wrong not in the way you say things, but in the way you read minds!

In business, at school, at home ......
Many people have the same problem: “I can't get my message across,
The problem of “not being able to communicate well” cannot be solved by “trying to find a better way to say it,” “rephrasing it,” or “explaining it over and over again until the person understands.

People misunderstand things in any way that is convenient for them.
So, what can we do to avoid being conveniently misunderstood?
How can we “correctly communicate” our thoughts?
This is a book for those who seriously think about “communicating” and “understanding each other” and want to put them into practice,

Author’s Information

Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University.
Ph.D. in Psychology from Northwestern University in 1994.
She specializes in cognitive science, language psychology, and developmental psychology. Her major publications include “Words and Thoughts,” “What is Learning,” “English Dokugaku-ho” (Iwanami Shinsho), and “Unraveling the Mystery of Language Development” (Chikuma Primer Shinsho). Co-author of “The essence of language: How language was born and evolved” (Chuko Shinsho, winner of “Shinsho Taisho Taisho 2024” grand prize), “Mechanism of learning words” (Chikuma Gakugei Bunko), “Children who can't solve math problems” (Iwanami Shoten), etc. He is a fellow of the International Cognitive Science Society and the Cognitive Science Society of Japan.