Automaticity and Higher-Order Control in Communication: A Brief Introduction to Language and Social Cognition

摘要: Language is a powerful cognitive tool. It enables us to live in groups and socialize. These are easy things take for granted, we often neglect the fact that language actually much more than social enabler. At base, serves as categorizer. allows organize our world, acquire information about it, think manipulate ideas, express all of this others. evolved because it was biologically adaptive. necessary evolve order facilitate interaction with complex environment.