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These    videos   are also    used in the lesson plan The Language Spark (Grades 9-12).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Human Spark, Brain Matters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/humanspark\/video\/spark-blog-video-dr-steven-pinker-language-makes-us-human\/212\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> (Please note this link will open a new page or tab and take you to a separate location on the Human Spark website.\u00a0 This clip is NOT downloadable.)<\/p>\n<p>In this outtake from <strong><em>The Human Spark<\/em><\/strong>, Psycholinguist Stephen Pinker discusses the three things he believes makes us distinctly, uniquely human: language, cooperation, and technological \u201cknow how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Language Spark<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1903178761\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>An excerpt from <em><strong>The Human Spark<\/strong><\/em> exploring the human brain\u2019s unique capacity for language.<\/p>\n<p>Downloadable QuickTime versions of the video segments:<br \/>\n(Note: To download a video, right click on the video title and click          \u201cSave Link As\u2026\u2019 or \u201cSave Target As\u2026\u201d. 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