On Tools Making Minds: an Archaeological Perspective on Human Cognitive Evolution

Using a model of cognition as extended and enactive, we examine the role of materiality in making minds as exemplified by lithics and writing, forms associated with conceptual thought and meta-awareness of conceptual domains. We address ways in which brain functions may change in response to interac...

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Authors: Overmann, Karenleigh A. 1957- (Author) ; Wynn, Thomas Grant 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 39-58
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Evolutionary psychology / Archaeology / Cognitive psychology
IxTheo Classification:ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B cognitive evolution
B extended cognition
B enactive cognition
B lithics
B Material Engagement Theory
B Literacy
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