What the online manipulation of linguistic activity can tell us about language and thought
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What the online manipulation of linguistic activity can tell us about language and thought
Questions about the relationship between language and thought have long fascinated psychologists, philosophers, and the general public. One specific question is the extent to which verbal labels causally impact cognitive processes—how does calling an object by a particular name influence the way people categorize it; how does knowing words for mental states influence our reasoning about the min...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-5153
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00122