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Is Cursing Good Or Bad For You?

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A professor of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego says cursing could be linked to higher intelligence.

Benjamin Bergen is the author of the book: "What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves."

"It turns out that there are amazing things you can find out about how the mind works, how the brain works, people's human sociality just by looking at profanity," he explained.

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