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Language is often a tool of consciousness. We usually think in words and use language to label, describe, and communicate our experiences. It is through language and thought that we are able to manipulate the world, describe ourselves, make predictions about the future, and symbolize aspects of the past in verbal memory and in written form. Via these modalities, we are able to analyze and describe the world as we view it and to express ourselves in a multimodal, multidimensional fashion.
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Joseph, R. (1992). Right Brain-Left Brain and the Conscious and Unconscious Mind. In: The Right Brain and the Unconscious. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5996-6_3
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