Leonid Perlovsky

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What is the role of language in thinking? Do we think using language, or do we only use language to express already made thoughts?

If we think using language, then new thoughts that do not already exist in the language may never be formulated. If thinking is possible without language, then what is it and why do animals not...

31 March 2013 2,159 75 View

Cognitive dissonance should have prevented evolution of knowledge and human cultures. Why didn't it?

Cognitive dissonance is a discomfort caused by holding conflicting cognitions (knowledge). It is among the most studied topics in contemporary psychology. Most people usually avoid this discomfort...

13 November 2012 9,586 34 View

Music and its mysteries. Why it has such a power over humans? Does it evolve in evolution? For what purpose? What is its function in cognition?

2400 years ago Aristotle asked: "Why music being just sounds remind states of human soul?" He listed this question alongside "Is the wolrd finite?" and "Does God exist?" Darwin wrote that music is...

13 November 2012 8,132 49 View

Does music have a fundamental cognitive function?

This would help understanding the origin of music, its evolution, and its power over us. 2400 years ago Aristotle asked "why music being just sounds remind states of soul?" He listed this...

24 October 2012 7,456 20 View

Emotional Sapir Whorf Hypothesis. Do languages have different emotionalities? Does it affect cultures?

Sapir Whorf Hypothesis suggests that languages affect cultures. Certainly existence of ideas-words in a language affects what kind of thoughts people might or might not have. For eample, Russian...

24 October 2012 3,004 85 View