“Thinking traces” in large reasoning models: Cognitive cost or performative scaffolding?
Fields of Study & Subjects
Embodied and Extended Cognition
Language
Metaphor
and Cognition
Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- e2604554123–e2604554123
- Publication date
- 10 April 2026
- Language
- EN