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Is it language that makes humans intelligent?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Jo Van Herwegen  and
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Jo Van Herwegen*
Affiliation:
Neurocognitive Development Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
*
j.vanherwegen@ich.ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract:

The target article by Locke & Bogin (L&B) focuses on the evolution of language as a communicative tool. They neglect, however, that from infancy onwards humans have the ability to go beyond successful behaviour and to reflect upon language (and other domains of knowledge) as a problem space in its own right. This ability is not found in other species and may well be what makes humans unique.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , June 2006 , pp. 298
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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