Is problem solving dependent on language?

By Juliana V. Baldo, Nina F. Dronkers, David Wilkins, C. Ludy, Patricia Raskin, Patricia M. Raskin, Jiye Kim. 2005

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Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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Verbal mediation of cognition in children with specific language impairment (2012, background): “Participants are asked to engage in articulatory suppression, such as repeating a word, and this has been shown to impair performance on several tasks, such as the Tower of London in children (Lidstone et al., 2010) and adolescents (Wallace, Silvers, Martin, & Kenworthy, 2009), and the Wisconsin Car”
Brief Report: Further Evidence for a Link Between Inner Speech Limitations and Executive Function in High-Functioning Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2014, background): “Notably, Baldo et al. (2005) found that AS interferes with the performance of healthy adults completing the Wisconsin CST, suggesting that successful performance on this task typically involves the use of inner speech processes.”
Semantic impairment in stroke aphasia versus semantic dementia: a case-series comparison. (2006, result): “…that the multimodal comprehension impairment in stroke aphasia results from a failure of semantic control, is consistent with several recent studies showing correlations between attentional/executive measures and standard assessments of comprehension (Baldo et al., 2005; Wiener et al., 2004).”
The roles of private speech and inner speech in planning during middle childhood: evidence from a dual task paradigm. (2010, result): “tasks tapping spatial reasoning (Kim, 2002), cognitive flexibility (Baldo et al., 2005) and task-switching performance (Baddeley, Chincotta, & Adlam, 2001) in adults.”
Brief Report: Further Evidence for Inner Speech Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders (2009, unknown): “…supported by research showing that interfering with inner speech in neurotypical adults can significantly hinder performance on tests of problem solving ability (Baldo et al. 2005), even when contrasted with another concurrent, non-auditory task, such as finger tapping (Emerson and Miyake 2003).”
Belief attribution despite verbal interference (2011, methodology): “, Carruthers, 2002; HermerVazquez, Spelke, & Katsnelson, 1999; but see Bek, Blades, Siegal, & Varley, 2010), and a number of studies have investigated the extent to which various forms of reasoning are mediated by inner speech or covert vocalization (Baldo et al., 2005).”
Thinking in Pictures as a Cognitive Account of Autism (2011, background): “The WCST, however, has been found to rely heavily on language abilities and verbal working memory in TD individuals (Baldo et al. 2005). More generally, Russell et al. (1999) propose that individuals with autism may have trouble primarily with executive tasks that require the implicit verbal encodin”
Is relational reasoning dependent on language? A voxel-based lesion symptom mapping study. (2010, background): “The present study also extends the conclusions in our previous report of aphasic patients’ performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST; Baldo et al., 2005).”
Inner speech is used to mediate short-term memory, but not planning, among intellectually high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder (2012, background): “, Baldo et al., 2005; Dunbar & Sussman, 1995; Gruber & Goschke, 2004). According to Vygotsky’s influential (1987) theory, the ability to “think in speech” (as opposed to visual imagery) is critical for flexible behavior and cognition, and is the foundation for effective self-regulation. It is crucia”
Darwin's mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds (2008, unknown): “Numerous studies have shown that subjects with language impairment exhibit a variety of cognitive deficits (e.g., Baldo et al. 2005) and that deaf children from hearing families (i.e., " late signers " ) show persistent deficits in ToM tasks (see Siegal et al. 2001 for a review).”