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Missing in action: Tool use is action based

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

Jeffrey J. Lockman Open the ORCID record for Jeffrey J. Lockman [Opens in a new window] ,
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Open the ORCID record for Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda [Opens in a new window]  and
Karen E. Adolph Open the ORCID record for Karen E. Adolph [Opens in a new window]
Jeffrey J. Lockman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA70115lockman@tulane.eduhttps://childdevelopment.tulane.edu/
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, NY10003catherine.tamis-lemonda@nyu.eduhttps://wp.nyu.edu/catherinetamislemonda/
Karen E. Adolph
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY10003. karen.adolph@nyu.eduhttp://www.psych.nyu.edu/adolph/
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Abstract

In this commentary on Osiurak and Reynaud's target article, we argue that action is largely missing in their account of the ascendance of human technological culture. We propose that an action-based developmental account can help to bridge the cognitive-sociocultural divide in explanations of the discovery, production, and cultural transmission of human tool use.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e170
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