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Where is Cognition?

Emotion and Cognition in Second Language Acquisition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

John H. Schumann
John H. Schumann
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

This paper argues that the brain is the seat of cognition, that cognitive processes are neural processes, and that, in the brain, affect and cognition are distinguishable but inseparable. This perspective allows a reconceptualization of the affective filter in terms of the brain's stimulus appraisal system, which interacts with cognition to promote or inhibit second language acquisition. A research strategy is proposed for investigating these ideas.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 1994 , pp. 231 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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