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Idea Formulation for Spoken Language Production: The Interface of Cognition and Language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2019

Megan S. Barker Open the ORCID record for Megan S. Barker [Opens in a new window] ,
Nicole L. Nelson  and
Gail A. Robinson
Megan S. Barker*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia Taub Institute and Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
Nicole L. Nelson
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Gail A. Robinson
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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*Correspondence and reprint requests to: Megan S. Barker, PhD or Gail A. Robinson, PhD, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Abstract

Background:

Language and communication are fundamental to the human experience, and, traditionally, spoken language is studied as an isolated skill. However, before propositional language (i.e., spontaneous, voluntary, novel speech) can be produced, propositional content or ‘ideas’ must be formulated.

Objective:

This review highlights the role of broader cognitive processes, particularly ‘executive attention’, in the formulation of propositional content (i.e., ‘ideas’) for propositional language production.

Conclusions:

Several key lines of evidence converge to suggest that the formulation of ideas for propositional language production draws on executive attentional processes. Larger-scale clinical research has demonstrated a link between attentional processes and language, while detailed case studies of neurological patients have elucidated specific idea formulation mechanisms relating to the generation, selection and sequencing of ideas for expression. Furthermore, executive attentional processes have been implicated in the generation of ideas for propositional language production. Finally, neuroimaging studies suggest that a widely distributed network of brain regions, including parts of the prefrontal and parietal cortices, supports propositional language production.

Implications:

Theoretically driven experimental research studies investigating mechanisms involved in the formulation of ideas are lacking. We suggest that novel experimental approaches are needed to define the contribution of executive attentional processes to idea formulation, from which comprehensive models of spoken language production can be developed. Clinically, propositional language impairments should be considered in the context of broader executive attentional deficits.

Keywords

Propositional languageCommunicationAttentionDynamic aphasiaNeuropsychologyConceptual preparation
Type
Critical Review
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , February 2020 , pp. 226 - 240
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Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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