The cultural evolution of teaching

Teaching is an important process of cultural transmission. Some have argued that human teaching is a cognitive instinct – a form of ‘natural cognition’ centred on mindreading, shaped by genetic evolution for the education of juveniles, and with a normative developmental trajectory driven by the unfo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brandl, E, Mace, R, Heyes, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023