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The other side of cognitive control: can a lack of cognitive control benefit language and cognition?

Evangelia G Chrysikou1, Jared M Novick, John C Trueswell

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of PennsylvaniaCenter for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland.

Topics in Cognitive Science
|August 29, 2014
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Keywords:
Cognitive controlCognitive flexibilityCreativityHypofrontalityLanguage comprehensionLanguage learningPrefrontal cortex

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