Ask Mark 1.6 - The connection of language and mind

Ask Mark 1.6 - The connection of language and mind Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT’s free online course, “What is a Mind?“, hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit . If you’d like to comment on any of this video, please e-mail MOOCs@. For more information and queries, visit our Facebook page here: . CC-BY-NC University of Cape Town. Visit for more information on this licence. Question: Should we expect the presence of the mind in species who have no speech or language? In other words is the language essential for the mind? Does language have to be involved in order to process or make proper sense of the thoughts activated by feelings?