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There is a continuum of views on the uniqueness of language as a cognitive function, ranging from the linguist’s view that language involves a special-purpose “mental organ,” to the behaviorist’s view that the same principles shape all behavior. Clearly, there are both similarities and differences between speech production and other actions, such as typing, manipulating objects, and driving a car. An intermediate view is that different action systems have unique, domain-specific constraints, but all action systems are influenced by certain general processing constraints.
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Mattson, M.E., Baars, B.J. (1992). Laboratory Induction of Nonspeech Action Errors. In: Baars, B.J. (eds) Experimental Slips and Human Error. Cognition and Language. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1164-3_7
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