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Critical developmental periods of increased plasticity program ritualized behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2007

James E. Swain
James E. Swain*
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
*
james.swain@yale.edu
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Abstract

The consideration of humans going through sensitive periods of life, such as childhood and the early postpartum, may be helpful in understanding the cognitive and evolutionary puzzle of human rituals. During such periods, certain brain systems may mediate an increased susceptibility to learn new behaviors, rational or irrational.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 630 - 631
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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