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Mental Computation and Language Breakdown: Clarifications, Extensions, and Responses
Author(s) -
Frawley William
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
computational intelligence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.353
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1467-8640
pISSN - 0824-7935
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8640.00183
Subject(s) - construal level theory , visibility , computation , cognitive psychology , control (management) , psychology , computer science , domain (mathematical analysis) , linguistics , cognitive science , artificial intelligence , social psychology , algorithm , mathematics , philosophy , physics , optics , mathematical analysis
This paper is a response to commentaries on my target paper for Computational Intelligence, “Control and Cross‐Domain Mental Computation: Evidence from Language Breakdown.” In this response, I acknowledge certain errors in my initial construal of control and dismiss unwarranted criticisms. I then reexamine both control and certain language disorders in light of the explicitness of cross‐domain communication and the visibility of representations to each other. In the end, I reassert the validity of the logic/control (visibility) distinction in mental computation and argue that the contrasts between Specific Language Impairment and Williams syndrome parallel this distinction.