A computational model of language functions in flexible goal-directed behaviour.

ABSTRACT: The function of language in high-order goal-directed human cognition is an important topic at the centre of current debates. Experimental evidence shows that inner speech, representing a self-directed form of language, empowers cognitive processes such as working memory, perception, categorization, and executive functions. Here we study the relations between inner speech and processes like feedback processing and cognitive flexibility. To this aim we propose a computational model that controls an artificial agent who uses inner speech to internally manipulate its representations. The agent is able to reproduce human behavioural data collected during the solution of the Wisconsin Card Sorting test, a neuropsychological test measuring cognitive flexibility, both in the basic condition and wh

SUBMITTER: Granato G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7729881 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature