How Abstract (Non-embodied) Linguistic Representations Augment Cognitive Control

How Abstract (Non-embodied) Linguistic Representations Augment Cognitive Control

Recent scholarship emphasizes the scaffolding role of language for cognition. Language, it is claimed, is a cognition-enhancing niche (Clark, 2006), a programming tool for cognition (Lupyan and Bergen, 2016), even neuroenhancement (Dove, 2019) and augments cognitive functions such as memory, categor...

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Main Authors: Nikola A. Kompa, Jutta L. Mueller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
embodiment
abstract representations
inner speech
cognitive control
labels
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01597/full

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