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Having a conversation involves perceiving and understanding words, following rules governing how
words can be combined to form sentences, reacting to what the other person is saying, and inferring
what they mean. All these things are occurring as the characters played by George Clooney and Vera
Farmiga are talking in the fi lm Up in the Air. It is, however, unlikely that they are paying attention to
these cognitive processes. They are just having a conversation!
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