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Peer reviewedSchumann, John H. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1994
Argues that the brain is the seat of cognition, that cognitive processes are neutral processes, and that, in the brain, affect and cognition are distinguishable but inseparable. This perspective allows a reconceptualization of the affective filter in terms of the brain's stimulus appraisal system, which interacts with cognition to promote or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Models, Neurology
Peer reviewedBirdsong, David – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1994
Isolates domain-general decision-making (DM) processes in their specific instantiations in adult second-language acquisition (SLA). Some impediments to success in SLA may be artifacts of mature (adult) DM procedures. (Contains 29 references.) (JP)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Decision Making
