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A comparative and developmental approach to cognitive universals: A possible role for heterochrony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

Warren P. Roberts
Warren P. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 [email protected]
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Abstract

From a developmental and comparative perspective, folk biology is a core “meme.” The universality and resistance to change in such core “memes” may be a function of the developmental timing of cognitive domains during childhood. Evidence from cognitive development in humans, monkeys, and apes is discussed. Suggestions for a developmental research program are offered.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , August 1998 , pp. 585 - 586
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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