A neurocognitive mechanism for folk biology?

Author(s): Surian, L.

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 577-578.

Abstract: Atran's putative module for folk biology is evaluated with respect to evidence from patients showing category-specific impairments for living kinds. Existing neuropsychological evidence provides no support for the primacy of categorization at the generic species level. We outline reasons for this and emphasize that such claims should be tested using inductive reasoning tasks.

Note: Editorial Job R, Univ Padua, Dipartimento Psicol Sviluppo & Socializzaz, I-35131 Padua, ITALY

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