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. 2012 Aug;35(4):226-7.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11002020. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Not by thoughts alone: how language supersizes the cognitive toolkit

Hans Ijzerman  1 , Francesco Foroni
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Not by thoughts alone: how language supersizes the cognitive toolkit

Hans Ijzerman et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

We propose that Vaesen's target article (a) underestimates the role of language in humans' cognitive toolkit and thereby (b) overestimates the proposed cognitive discontinuity between chimps and humans. We provide examples of labeling, numerical computation, executive control, and the relation between language and body, concluding that language plays a crucial role in "supersizing humans' cognitive toolkit."

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