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Language as cognitive tool kit: How language supports relational thought.

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: that allows us to represent and reason in ways that would be impossible without such a symbol system. I present evidence that learning and using relational language can foster relational reasoning-a core capacity of higher order cognition. In essence, language makes one smarter. (PsycINFO Database Record

Source: American Psychologist

DOI: 10.1037/amp0000082

Author: Dedre Gentner

Institution: Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Categorization, perception, and language

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Office of Naval Research

Award: G8735397463