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In this article we review the discussion over the thesis that language serves as an integrator of contents coming from different cognitive modules. After presenting the theoretical considerations, we examine two strands of empirical research that tested the hypothesis—spatial cognition and mathematical cognition. The idea shared by both of them is that each is composed of two separate modules processing...