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. 2012 Aug;35(4):227-8.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11002032. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

Can object affordances impact on human social learning of tool use?

Pierre O Jacquet  1 , Alessia Tessari, Ferdinand Binkofski, Anna M Borghi
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Can object affordances impact on human social learning of tool use?

Pierre O Jacquet et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug.

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The author describes "higher" and "uniquely human" sociocognitive skills that he argues as being necessary for tool use. We propose that those skills could be based on simpler detection systems humans could share with other animal tool users. More specifically, we discuss the impact of object affordances on the understanding and the social learning of tool use.

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