What the Candidates' Words Say About Their Personalities

"Wordwatcher" Jamie Pennebaker tells us what the candidates' speech patterns in the debates tell us about their personalities and how they differ from past presidents.

Pennebaker is chair of the Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin and author of the book "The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us." He coauthors the Wordwatchers blog http://wordwatchers.wordpress.com/ which explores how we can learn about the candidates' personalities, motives, emotions, and inner selves through their everyday words.

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