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Hope Kean @hopekean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now out in PNAS! 🥳 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Evidence from formal logical reasoning reveals that the language of thought is not natural language | PNAS

Humans are endowed with a powerful capacity for inductive and deductive logical thought: we easily form generalizations based on a few examples and...

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Hope Kean@hopekean.bsky.social · last yr.

Is the Language of Thought == Language? A Thread 🧵 New Preprint (link: tinyurl.com/LangLOT) with @alexanderfung.bsky.social, Paris Jaggers, Jason Chen, Josh Rule, Yael Benn, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social, ‪@spiantado.bsky.social‬, Rosemary Varley, @evfedorenko.bsky.social 1/8

Yang Tan Collective @yangtancollective.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Does logical reasoning require language? According to new research from @evfedorenko.bsky.social, @hopekean.bsky.social, and collaborating neuroscientists, study participants were able to solve various complex logic games and puzzles without language, showing that: no, language is not necessary. ⬇️

Hope Kean @hopekean.bsky.social · last yr.

Is the Language of Thought == Language? A Thread 🧵 New Preprint (link: tinyurl.com/LangLOT) with @alexanderfung.bsky.social, Paris Jaggers, Jason Chen, Josh Rule, Yael Benn, @joshtenenbaum.bsky.social, ‪@spiantado.bsky.social‬, Rosemary Varley, @evfedorenko.bsky.social 1/8

Evidence from Formal Logical Reasoning Reveals that the Language of Thought is not Natural Language

Humans are endowed with a powerful capacity for both inductive and deductive logical thought: we easily form generalizations based on a few examples and draw conclusions from known premises. Humans al...

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Hope Kean @hopekean.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper with @alexanderfung.bsky.social, @rtpramod.bsky.social, @jessica__chomik, @nancykanwisher.bsky.social, @evfedorenko.bsky.social on the representations that underlie our intuitive physical reasoning about the world. Thread 🧵about our new preprint 📄✨linked here: tinyurl.com/intphyslang 1/10

Intuitive physical reasoning is not mediated by linguistic nor exclusively domain-general abstract representations

The ability to reason about the physical world is a critical tool in the human cognitive toolbox, but the nature of the representations that mediate physical reasoning remains debated. Here, we use fM...

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