Human Uniqueness, Cognition by Description, and Procedural Memory
Evidence will be reviewed suggesting a fairly direct link between the human ability to think about entities which one has never perceived — here called “cognition by description” — and procedural memory. Cognition by description is a uniquely hominid trait which makes religion, science, and history...
Main Authors: | John Bolender, Burak Erdeniz, Cemil Kerimoğlu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Biolinguistics
2008-06-01
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Series: | Biolinguistics |
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Online Access: | http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/36 |
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