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Interaction promotes cognition: The rise of childish minds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Stephen J. Cowley
Stephen J. Cowley*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, United Kingdom Department of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban4041, South Africahttp://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/pub/sjcowley/index.html
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s.j.cowley@herts.ac.uk
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Abstract:

Life history shaped language as, cascading in time, social strategies became more verbal. Although the insight is important, Locke & Bogin (L&B) also advocate a code model of language. Rejecting this input-output view, I emphasize the interpersonal dynamics of dialogue. From this perspective, childish minds as well as language could be derived from the selective advantages of a total interactional history.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 283
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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