The elephant in the room: What matters cognitively in cumulative technological culture

Cumulative technological culture (CTC) refers to the increase in the efficiency and complexity of tools and techniques in human populations over generations. A fascinating question is to understand the cognitive origins of this phenomenon. Because CTC is definitely a social phenomenon, most accounts...

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Published in:	The Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 43; p. e156
Main Authors:	Osiurak, François, Reynaud, Emanuelle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2020 Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subjects:	Archaeology Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognition - physiology Cognitive ability Cognitive science Creativity Evolution Humans Hypotheses Intelligence Inventions - trends Learning Mental Status and Dementia Tests Metacognition Metacognition - physiology Observational learning Ontogeny Problem Solving Short term memory Social Behavior Social discrimination learning Social factors Social interactions Target Article Technology - trends Theory of mind Tool use cumulative technological culture social learning technical reasoning theory of mind metacognition
ISSN:	0140-525X, 1469-1825, 1469-1825
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