Making Cognitive Niches Explicit: On the Importance of External Cognitive Representations in Accounting for Cumulative Culture
Cumulative transmission and innovation are the hallmark properties of the cultural achievements of human beings. Cognitive scientists have traditionally explained these properties in terms of social learning and creativity. The non-social cognitive dimension of cumulative culture, the so-called tech...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2021.734930/full |