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Causal learning in CTC: Adaptive and collaborative

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

Netanel Weinstein  and
Dare Baldwin Open the ORCID record for Dare Baldwin [Opens in a new window]
Netanel Weinstein
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Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR97403. netanelw@uoregon.edu baldwin@uoregon.edubaldwinlab.uoregon.edu
Dare Baldwin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR97403. netanelw@uoregon.edu baldwin@uoregon.edubaldwinlab.uoregon.edu
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Abstract

Osiurak and Reynaud highlight the critical role of technical-reasoning skills in the emergence of human cumulative technological culture (CTC), in contrast to previous accounts foregrounding social-reasoning skills as key to CTC. We question their analysis of the available evidence, yet for other reasons applaud the emphasis on causal understanding as central to the adaptive and collaborative dynamics of CTC.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e181
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