# 92: In the First 600 Milliseconds (with Rachel Nordlinger)

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 22 Feb 2024, 1 h 45 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/92_First_600_Milliseconds.mp3?dest-id=897956

What are your eyes doing when you describe a scene? It may depend on your language. New research from Dr Rachel Nordlinger and team shows that we do a lot of planning and scanning very quickly, and it follows the requirements of our language. She's studied Murrinhpatha, an Australian Aboriginal language, to see what its speakers do.

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