Chrysikou Evangelia G, Novick Jared M, Trueswell John C, Thompson-Schill Sharon L
Department of Psychology, University of PennsylvaniaCenter for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland.
Top Cogn Sci. 2011 Apr;3(2):253-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01137.x. Epub 2011 Mar 17.
Cognitive control refers to the regulation of mental activity to support flexible cognition across different domains. Cragg and Nation (2010) propose that the development of cognitive control in children parallels the development of language abilities, particularly inner speech. We suggest that children's late development of cognitive control also mirrors their limited ability to revise misinterpretations of sentence meaning. Moreover, we argue that for certain tasks, a tradeoff between bottom-up (data-driven) and top-down (rule-based) thinking may actually benefit performance in both children and adults. Specifically, we propose that a lack of cognitive control may promote important aspects of cognitive development, like language acquisition and creativity.
认知控制是指对心理活动进行调节,以支持跨不同领域的灵活认知。克拉格和奈特(2010)提出,儿童认知控制的发展与语言能力的发展进程相似,尤其是内部言语。我们认为,儿童认知控制发展较晚也反映出他们纠正句子意义错误理解的能力有限。此外,我们认为,对于某些任务而言,自下而上(数据驱动)和自上而下(基于规则)思维之间的权衡实际上可能对儿童和成人的表现都有益。具体而言,我们提出缺乏认知控制可能会促进认知发展的重要方面,如语言习得和创造力。