The role of executive control in tool use
- PMID: 22697510
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1100210X
The role of executive control in tool use
Abstract
Comparing cognitive functions between humans and nonhuman primates is helpful for understanding human tool use. We comment on the latest insights from comparative research on executive control functions. Based on our own work, we discuss how even a mental function in which non-human primates outperform humans might have played a key role in the development of tool use.
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From individual cognition to populational culture.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):245-62. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x11002196. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22966488
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The cognitive bases of human tool use.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):203-18. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001452. Epub 2012 Jun 15. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22697258
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