Evidence from formal logical reasoning reveals that the language of thought is not natural language

Hope Kean, Alexander Fung, Paris Jaggers, Jason Chen, Joshua S. Rule, Yael Benn, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, Steven T. Piantadosi, Rosemary A. Varley, Evelina Fedorenko

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10.1073/pnas.2520095123
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2026-07-06
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2520095123,
  title = {Evidence from formal logical reasoning reveals that the language of thought is not natural language},
  author = {Hope Kean and Alexander Fung and Paris Jaggers and Jason Chen and Joshua S. Rule and Yael Benn and Joshua B. Tenenbaum and Steven T. Piantadosi and Rosemary A. Varley and Evelina Fedorenko},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
  doi = {10.1073/pnas.2520095123},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520095123}
}

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AU  - Hope Kean
AU  - Alexander Fung
AU  - Paris Jaggers
AU  - Jason Chen
AU  - Joshua S. Rule
AU  - Yael Benn
AU  - Joshua B. Tenenbaum
AU  - Steven T. Piantadosi
AU  - Rosemary A. Varley
AU  - Evelina Fedorenko
PY  - 2026
JO  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DO  - 10.1073/pnas.2520095123
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Kean, H., Fung, A., Jaggers, P., Chen, J., Rule, J. S., Benn, Y., Tenenbaum, J. B., Piantadosi, S. T., Varley, R. A., & Fedorenko, E. (2026). Evidence from formal logical reasoning reveals that the language of thought is not natural language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520095123

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