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Fast and slow language processing: A window into dual-process models of cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2023

Fernanda Ferreira Open the ORCID record for Fernanda Ferreira [Opens in a new window]  and
Falk Huettig Open the ORCID record for Falk Huettig [Opens in a new window]
Fernanda Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA fferreira@ucdavis.edu; https://ferreiralab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/
Falk Huettig
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Communication, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands falk.huettig@mpi.nl; https://www.mpi.nl/people/huettig-falk
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Abstract

Our understanding of dual-process models of cognition may benefit from a consideration of language processing, as language comprehension involves fast and slow processes analogous to those used for reasoning. More specifically, De Neys's criticisms of the exclusivity assumption and the fast-to-slow switch mechanism are consistent with findings from the literature on the construction and revision of linguistic interpretations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e121
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