کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
141518 162893 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Towards a bottom-up perspective on animal and human cognition
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
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Towards a bottom-up perspective on animal and human cognition
چکیده انگلیسی

Over the last few decades, comparative cognitive research has focused on the pinnacles of mental evolution, asking all-or-nothing questions such as which animals (if any) possess a theory of mind, culture, linguistic abilities, future planning, and so on. Research programs adopting this top-down perspective have often pitted one taxon against another, resulting in sharp dividing lines. Insight into the underlying mechanisms has lagged behind. A dramatic change in focus now seems to be under way, however, with increased appreciation that the basic building blocks of cognition might be shared across a wide range of species. We argue that this bottom-up perspective, which focuses on the constituent capacities underlying larger cognitive phenomena, is more in line with both neuroscience and evolutionary biology.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 201–207
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