A Cognitive Account of the Puzzle of Ideography
Neurons and Cognition
2023-05-02 v1 Computation and Language
Abstract
In this commentary article to 'The Puzzle of Ideography' by Morin, we put forth a new cognitive account of the puzzle of ideography, that complements the standardization account of Morin. Efficient standardization of spoken language is phenomenologically attributed to a modality effect coupled with chunking of cognitive representations, further aided by multi-sensory integration and the serialized nature of attention. These cognitive mechanisms are crucial for explaining why languages dominate graphic codes for general-purpose human communication.
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@article{arxiv.2305.00296,
title = {A Cognitive Account of the Puzzle of Ideography},
author = {Xerxes D. Arsiwalla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.00296},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
4 pages. Invited commentary. Accepted for publication in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Cambridge University Press