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Language is fundamentally linked to cognitive processes as research shows it influences memory, attention, and perception [1], and it is argued that symbolic communication is integrated into all other cognitive functions [2]. Furthermore, academic discourse explores the assumption that the human mind relies on specific cognitive processes to acquire language [3].
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What Role Does Language Play in Self-Identity? → Question lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com 1 fact
claimPsycholinguistics research indicates that language influences cognitive processes, including memory, attention, and perception.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
quoteErmer et al. (2007) stated: "the assumption that the human mind is composed mainly of a few content-free cognitive processes that are 'thought to govern how one acquires a language and a gender identity, an aversion to incest and an appreciation for vistas, a desire for friends and a fear of spiders—indeed, nearly every thought and feeling of which humans are capable' is inadequate."
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
referenceIn the book The Symbolic Species, Terrence Deacon argues that language features have co-evolved with the mind and that the ability to use symbolic communication is integrated into all other cognitive processes.