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. 2019 May 21:10:1111.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01111. eCollection 2019.

Body Cognition and Self-Domestication in Human Evolution

Emiliano Bruner  1 , Ben T Gleeson  2
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Body Cognition and Self-Domestication in Human Evolution

Emiliano Bruner et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: association cortex; brain evolution; extended cognition; life-history; parietal lobes; social evolution; spatial cognition.

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Diagram of possible relationships between parietal evolution and self-domestication. Neural plasticity (*) can be a key factor, being targeted by selective processes as to enhance cognitive, cultural, and social capacities.
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