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Psychology, culture, and evolution Site has three sections: the first is concerned with the evolution of the human capacity to construct signs; the second deals with Cultural-Historical Psychology; the third concerns theories and arguments about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality. Sean Madigan's CogSci Research Page Personal cognitive Science Research Page. Includes bibliographies, links, papers and images. The International Paleopsychology Project A multi-disciplinary group of scientists dedicated to mapping out the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 second of the Big Bang to the present. Precis of origins of the modern mind The central hypothesis in this paper is that there were three major cognitive transformations by which the modern human mind emerged over several million years: 1) mimetic skill and autocueing, 2) lexical invention, 3) externalization of memory. Origin of language Paper by Robin Allott. The emergence of language has been the result of a process of mosaic evolution, with diverse faculties found in animals (particularly in birds) coming together in the human and through a radical change in brain connections giving rise to language integrated with the motor system. Darwin's dangerous disciple Interview with Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene, from Skeptic magazine. Cognitive science & literature & composition Dedicated to exploring the impact of cognitive science upon the research and teaching of literature and composition. Language, Neoteny, Heterochrony, and Human Evolution Extensive collection of quotations on the evolution of language. Part of the Web Library of Excerpts: The Multidisciplinary Implications of Heterochronic Theory. Gesture and language equivalence Language and gesture are both motor activities controlled by the cerebral motor programs which generate all bodily activity. The equivalence of word structures and gestures is demonstrated by animations. Evolution in the First Person New ideas are the method of evolution of man. How this happens is a social phenomena rooted in evolutionary principles. "Contrary to appearances, the great mythological archetypal themes are about human evolution!" |
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