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Development links psychological causes to evolutionary explanations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2014

Mark Fedyk  and
Tamar Kushnir
Mark Fedyk
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G9Canada. mfedyk@mta.cahttp://markfedyk.net
Tamar Kushnir
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. tk397@cornell.eduhttp://www.human.cornell.edu/bio.cfm?netid=tk397
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Abstract

Our conscious abilities are learned in environments that have evolved to support them. This insight provides an alternative way of framing Huang & Bargh's (H&B's) provocative hypothesis. To understand the conflict between unconscious goals and consciousness, we can study the emergence of conscious thought and control in childhood. These developmental processes are also central to the best available current evolutionary theories.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 142 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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