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In order to clarify the relationship between thinking and language, Meyers performed an identical experiment with dysphasic and nondysphasic subjects. The abilities of both groups to find solutions to 'nonverbal' problems by the use of a multiple choice apparatus were measured. The data indicated that no significant differences were demonstrable between the dysphasic person's thinking abilities and those of the nondysphasic group. This would seem to contradict those psychologists and anthropologists who believe that our thinking processes rest upon the structure of language.