Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):226-7. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11002020. Epub 2012 Jun 15.
We propose that Vaesen's target article (a) underestimates the role of language in humans' cognitive toolkit and thereby (b) overestimates the proposed cognitive discontinuity between chimps and humans. We provide examples of labeling, numerical computation, executive control, and the relation between language and body, concluding that language plays a crucial role in "supersizing humans' cognitive toolkit."
我们认为 Vaesen 的目标文章（a）低估了语言在人类认知工具包中的作用，从而（b）高估了黑猩猩和人类之间拟议的认知不连续性。我们提供了标签、数值计算、执行控制以及语言和身体之间关系的例子，得出的结论是语言在“扩大人类认知工具包”方面起着至关重要的作用。
