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Symmetry and human spatial cognition: An alternative perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2003

Irwin Silverman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario. M3J 1P3, [email protected]

Abstract

Wynn's thesis that the acquisition of the rules of symmetry comprised the formative factor in the evolution of human spatial cognition is questioned on several grounds, including the ubiquity of symmetry across species and the apparent hard-wired nature of its evolution in both humans and animals.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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