The re-tooled mind: How culture re-engineers cognition

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 180-187

  Wilson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Embodied cognition; Evolution; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; WRITING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MUSIC; WRITING;

EID: 77954531699     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp054     Document Type: Article

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