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In search of the uniquely human

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Tomasello, M; Carpenter, M; Call, J; Behne, T; Moll, H
Published in: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
October 1, 2005

As Bruner so eloquently points out, and Gauvain echoes, human beings are unique in their "locality." Individual groups of humans develop their own unique ways of symbolizing and doing things - and these can be very different from the ways of other groups, even those living quite nearby. Our attempt in the target article was to propose a theory of the social-cognitive and social-motivational bases of humans' ability and propensity to live in this local, that is, this cultural, way - which no other species does - focusing on such things as the ability to collaborate and to create shared material and symbolic artifacts. © 2005 Cambridge University Press.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

October 1, 2005

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

721 / 727

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
 

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Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T., & Moll, H. (2005). In search of the uniquely human. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(5), 721–727. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05540123
Tomasello, M., M. Carpenter, J. Call, T. Behne, and H. Moll. “In search of the uniquely human.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, no. 5 (October 1, 2005): 721–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05540123.
Tomasello M, Carpenter M, Call J, Behne T, Moll H. In search of the uniquely human. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2005 Oct 1;28(5):721–7.
Tomasello, M., et al. “In search of the uniquely human.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 28, no. 5, Oct. 2005, pp. 721–27. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S0140525X05540123.
Tomasello M, Carpenter M, Call J, Behne T, Moll H. In search of the uniquely human. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 2005 Oct 1;28(5):721–727.
Journal cover image

Published In

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI

EISSN

1469-1825

ISSN

0140-525X

Publication Date

October 1, 2005

Volume

28

Issue

5

Start / End Page

721 / 727

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing