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More than modularity and metaphor: The power of preadaptation and access

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Paul Rozin
Paul Rozin
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Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6241. [email protected]
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Abstract

Neural reuse demonstrates preadaptation. In accord with Rozin (1976), the process is an increase in accessibility of an originally dedicated module. Access is a dimension that can vary from sharing by two systems to availability to all systems (conscious access). An alternate manifestation is to reproduce the genetic blueprint of a program. The major challenge is how to get a preadaptation into a “position” so that it can be selected for a new function.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 290 - 291
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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