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The role of motor-sensory feedback in the evolution of mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

Bruce Bridgeman
Bruce Bridgeman
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Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. [email protected]://people.ucsc.edu/~b ruceb/
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Abstract

Seemingly small changes in brain organization can have revolutionary consequences for function. An example is evolution's application of the primate action-planning mechanism to the management of communicative sequences. When feedback from utterances reaches the brain again through a mechanism that evolved to monitor action sequences, it makes another pass through the brain, amplifying the human power of thinking.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 132 - 133
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Copyright ©Cambridge University Press 2008

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