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A 3 page research paper that examines the relationship between language and critical thinking processes. This research suggests that language diversity enhances the brain's ability to process complex thought, yet also that language, in the form of the written word, serves, to some extent, to set boundaries on thought processes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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directly linked to the processes involved in complex thought. Research endeavors into this fascinating area of study are slowly uncovering the complexity of the relationship between complex thinking and language.
This research suggests that language diversity enhances the brains ability to process complex thought, yet also that language, in the form of the written word, serves, to some extent, to
set boundaries on thought processes. Lieberman (1997) conducted a study of language and cognition that used as its sample group of individuals who scaled the Himalayas to 24,000 feet.
The research team hypothesized that the same neural circuits that control the tongue, larynx and lips in speech are also involved in complex thought (Lieberman, 1997). According to Lieberman, the
brain works like a muscle, that is, the harder it works, the more energy it consumes (1997). Through PET and FMRI studies, scientists can determine which part of the brain
is most active when the individual is performing various tasks. A principal focus of study has been to compare the brain activity of individuals who have suffered brain damage with
normal brain activity. Stroke victims who have trouble speaking, that is, individuals suffering from Brocas aphasia generally show little brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain
t hat has been linked to complex problem solving and other forms of higher cognition, such as deriving abstract principles and changing strategies (Lieberman, 1997). Stroke victims typically can perform
routine tasks and engage in "polite, though meaningless conversation" but they cannot "plan ahead or solve problems that call for more than rote responses to simple familiar questions" ((Lieberman, 1997,
p. 23). This suggests that language diversity is intrinsically connected to higher cognition. For example, in one case cited by Lieberman, a man who had suffered a stroke automatically switched
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