BS168 Cecilia Heyes author of "Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking"

<p><a title="show notes" href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com/bsp/2020/168-heyes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BS 168</a> is an interview with psychologist <a title="faculty page" href="http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ascch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cecilia Heyes</a> from Oxford University in the UK. We talk about her fascinating book "<em><a title="amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2NRl8Is" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking</a></em>." Our focus is on exploring the evidence that several cognitive skills that appear to be unique to humans are learned from other people rather than being inherited genetically as is often assumed. The proposal that language is a cognitive gadget NOT a cognitive instinct is controversial and has very important implications.</p> <p><strong>Links and References:</strong></p> <ul> <li><em><a title="amazon link" href="https://amzn.to/2NRl8Is" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking</a></em> by Cecilia Heyes</li> <li> <div>Oostenbroek J, Slaughter, V, et. Al. (<strong>2016</strong>). Comprehensive longitudinal study challenges the existence of neonatal imitation in humans. <em>Current Biology</em> 26(10), 1334-1338.</div> </li> <li>See show notes at <a href= "http://brainsciencepodcast.com">http://brainsciencepodcast.com</a> for additional links and references.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Please Visit Our Sponsors:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=brainscience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexpander-Feb-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>TextExpander</strong> at http://textexpander.com/podcast</a><br /> <br /> <strong>Announcements:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://brainsciencepodcast.com/"><u><strong><em>Brain Science</em></strong></u></a> comes out on the 2nd and 4th Friday each month.</li> <li>The expanded 2nd. Ed. of <em>Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty</em> will be coming out April 28, 2020.</li> <li>Learn how you can s