Study suggests the mind flexibly joins the meanings of individual words to form structured thoughts

(Medical Xpress)—A pair of researchers with Harvard University has found evidence that supports the idea that the human mind flexibly merges the meanings of single words to form or compose structured thoughts. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Steven Frankland and Joshua Greene describe the study they conducted and why they believe what they learned helps in understanding how the human thought process works.