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Is there any evidence for forward modeling in language production?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2013

Myrto I. Mylopoulos  and
David Pereplyotchik
Myrto I. Mylopoulos
Affiliation:
Doctoral Program in Philosophy, City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016. myrto.mylopoulos@gmail.com http://www.myrtomylopoulos.com
David Pereplyotchik
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323. dpereply@hamilton.edu http://www.pereplyotchik.com/
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Abstract

The neurocognitive evidence that Pickering & Garrod (P&G) cite in favor of positing forward models in speech production is not compelling. The data to which they appeal either cannot be explained by forward models, or can be explained by a more parsimonious model.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 368 - 369
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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