The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

by Michael Tomasello

Book Overview

Ambitious and elegant, this book builds a bridge between evolutionary theory and cultural psychology. Michael Tomasello is one of the very few people to have done systematic research on the cognitive capacities of both nonhuman primates and human children. The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition identifies what the differences are, and suggests where they might have come from.

Tomasello argues that the roots of the human capacity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674005821
• ISBN13: 9780674005822
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"