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. 2017 Jan:40:e215.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001746.

The evolution of analytic thought?

Gordon Pennycook  1 , David G Rand  1
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The evolution of analytic thought?

Gordon Pennycook et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2017 Jan.

Abstract

We argue that the truly unique aspect of human intelligence is not the variety of cognitive skills that are ontogenetically constructed, but rather the capacity to decide when to develop and apply said skills. Even if there is good evidence for g in nonhuman animals, we are left with major questions about how the disposition to think analytically can evolve.

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