德克萨斯大学心理系教授詹姆斯.W.潘尼贝克博士对单词计数的兴趣始于20多年前。当时他进行了几项研究,结果均表明:遭受心灵创伤后愿意尽情倾诉的人往往比绝口不谈的人心理更健康。因此,他想知道,人们使用的每一个单词中到底隐藏了多少信息——即使是最不起眼的“我”、“你”等词。正是这种想法,将潘尼贝克博士引上了一条曲折的寻幽探秘之路。通 Interest in word counting began with James W. Pennybaker, professor of psychology at the University of Texas, beginning more than two decades ago. At that time, he conducted several studies, the results show that: after suffering a trauma willing to talk to people who tend to talk more often than not to talk about people healthier. So he wondered how much information was hidden in every word people used - even the most obscure ones like “I”, “You” and so on. It was this idea that led Dr. Pennebeck to a tortuous path of discovery. through