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On the Emergence of Modern Humans
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Amati, Daniele; Shallice, Tim – Cognition, 2007
The emergence of modern humans with their extraordinary cognitive capacities is ascribed to a novel type of cognitive computational process (sustained non-routine multi-level operations) required for abstract projectuality, held to be the common denominator of the cognitive capacities specific to modern humans. A brain operation (latching) that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Brain, Computation, Abstract Reasoning