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Language and thought are not the same thing: evidence from neuroimaging and neurological patients
2016
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
words) Humans are endowed with a rich repertoire of cognitive abilities. Many of these are shared with other animals, while a few appear to be unique to our species. Among the latter is our ability to translate complex thoughts into language, a code that allows us to exchange those thoughts with one another, plausibly laying the foundation of human culture and civilization. Given that language evolved against the backdrop of many evolutionarily older systems and mechanisms, a natural question
doi:10.1111/nyas.13046
pmid:27096882
pmcid:PMC4874898
fatcat:z35aguu4jbfmxo43n7t3qxlelu