The cognitive and neural bases of human tool use

Frontiers in Psychology

François Osiurak¹ 

关键词: tool use;    action;    motor control;    neural bases;    cognitive bases;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01107

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

It is a euphemism to say that humans use tools. Humans possess a vast repertoire of tools they use every day. In fact, as language or bipedal locomotion, tool use is a hallmark of humans. Tool use has also been often viewed as an important step during evolution (van Schaik et al., 1999) or even as a marker of the evolution of human intelligence (Wynn, 1985). So a fundamental issue is, what are the cognitive and neural bases of human tool use? The present series of papers in this special topic represents the newest additions to that research topic.

【 授权许可】

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