The brain-artefact interface (BAI): A challenge for archaeology and cultural neuroscience

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Malafouris, Lambros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain artefact interface; Cognitive archaeology; Extended mind; Material culture; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES;

EID: 77953924821     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp057     Document Type: Article

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