By Rick Lovett
Jan 27, 2021 The advantages of swearing are many, said Timothy Jay, professor emeritus of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, who has studied swearing for more than 40 years. The benefits of swearing have just emerged in the last two decades, as a result of a lot of research on brain and emotion, along with much better technology to study brain anatomy, Jay said.
1. Cursing may be a sign of intelligence
Well-educated people with plenty of words at their disposal, a2015 studyfound, were better at coming up with curse words than those who were less verbally fluent.
By Rick Lovett
Jan 27, 2021 The advantages of swearing are many, said Timothy Jay, professor emeritus of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, who has studied swearing for more than 40 years. The benefits of swearing have just emerged in the last two decades, as a result of a lot of research on brain and emotion, along with much better technology to study brain anatomy, Jay said.
1. Cursing may be a sign of intelligence
Well-educated people with plenty of words at their disposal, a2015 studyfound, were better at coming up with curse words than those who were less verbally fluent.