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Development and evolution of cognition: One doth not fly into flying!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2008

Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242. [email protected]://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/Wasserman/
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Abstract

Abstract thought, in general, and – reasoning by analogy, in particular, have been said to reside at the very summit of human cognition. Leech et al. endeavor to comprehend the development of analogous thinking in human beings. Applying Leech et al.'s general approach to the evolution of analogical behavior in animals might also prove to be of considerable value.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 400 - 401
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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