Human exceptionalism

Barbara L, Finlay; Alan D, Workman

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Human exceptionalism

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2013 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Trends in Cognitive Sciences, volume 17, pages 199-201 (issn: 1364-6613,

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Authors: Barbara L, Finlay; Alan D, Workman;

doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.03.001

pmid: 23545184

Human exceptionalism

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Abstract

How the unique capacities of human cognition arose in evolution is a question of enduring interest. The difficulty of finding the best allometric and developmental frame for brain evolution and growth, however, leads researchers to routinely identify predictable features of the human brain as exceptional.

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Keywords

Cognition, Animals, Brain, Humans, Biological Evolution

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