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Motivation is not enough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2005

Derek E. Lyons ,
Webb Phillips  and
Laurie R. Santos
Derek E. Lyons*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT06520http://pantheon.yale.edu/~lrs32
Webb Phillips*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT06520http://pantheon.yale.edu/~lrs32
Laurie R. Santos*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT06520http://pantheon.yale.edu/~lrs32
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

Tomasello et al. provide a new account of cultural uniqueness, one that hinges on a uniquely human motivation to share intentionality with others. We favor an alternative to this motivational account – one that relies on a modular explanation of the primate intention-reading system. We discuss this view in light of recent comparative experiments using competitive intention-reading tasks.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2005 , pp. 708
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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