TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive gadgets and genetic accommodation
AU - Jablonka, Eva
AU - Ginsburg, Simona
AU - Dor, Daniel
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2019/9/12
Y1 - 2019/9/12
N2 - Heyes argues that human metacognitive strategies (cognitive gadgets) evolved through cultural rather than genetic evolution. Although we agree that increased plasticity is the hallmark of human metacognition, we suggest cognitive malleability required the genetic accommodation of gadget-specific processes that enhanced the overall cognitive flexibility of humans.
AB - Heyes argues that human metacognitive strategies (cognitive gadgets) evolved through cultural rather than genetic evolution. Although we agree that increased plasticity is the hallmark of human metacognition, we suggest cognitive malleability required the genetic accommodation of gadget-specific processes that enhanced the overall cognitive flexibility of humans.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072101515&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X19001006
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X19001006
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C2 - 31511094
AN - SCOPUS:85072101515
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 42
SP - e178
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
ER -