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The Other Side of Cognitive Control: Can a Lack of Cognitive Control Benefit Language and Cognition?
Topics in cognitive science, v 3(2), pp 253-256
Apr 2011
PMID: 25164293
Abstract
Cognitive control refers to the regulation of mental activity to support flexible cognition across different domains.
Cragg and Nation (2010)
propose that the development of cognitive control in children parallels the development of language abilities, particularly inner speech. We suggest that children’s late development of cognitive control also mirrors their limited ability to revise misinter-pretations of sentence meaning. Moreover, we argue that for certain tasks, a tradeoff between bottom- up (data-driven) and top-down (rule-based) thinking may actually benefit performance in both children and adults. Specifically, we propose that a
lack
of cognitive control may promote important aspects of cognitive development, like language acquisition and creativity.
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- Title
- The Other Side of Cognitive Control: Can a Lack of Cognitive Control Benefit Language and Cognition?
- Creators
- Evangelia G. Chrysikou - University of PennsylvaniaJared M. Novick - University of PennsylvaniaJohn C. Trueswell - University of PennsylvaniaSharon L. Thompson-Schill - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Topics in cognitive science, v 3(2), pp 253-256
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000289250000011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79961213111
- Other Identifier
- 991020532006704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Experimental