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Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution?
The ability to delegate control over repetitive tasks from higher to lower neural centers may be a fundamental innovation in human cognition. Plausibly, the massive neurocomputational challenges associated with the mastery of balance during the evolution of bipedality in proto-humans provided a stro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010745/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808820 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2014.00090 |
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author | Shine, J. M. Shine, R. |
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description | The ability to delegate control over repetitive tasks from higher to lower neural centers may be a fundamental innovation in human cognition. Plausibly, the massive neurocomputational challenges associated with the mastery of balance during the evolution of bipedality in proto-humans provided a strong selective advantage to individuals with brains capable of efficiently transferring tasks in this way. Thus, the shift from quadrupedal to bipedal locomotion may have driven the rapid evolution of distinctive features of human neuronal functioning. We review recent studies of functional neuroanatomy that bear upon this hypothesis, and identify ways to test our ideas. |
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spelling | pubmed-40107452014-05-07 Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? Shine, J. M. Shine, R. Front Neurosci Psychology The ability to delegate control over repetitive tasks from higher to lower neural centers may be a fundamental innovation in human cognition. Plausibly, the massive neurocomputational challenges associated with the mastery of balance during the evolution of bipedality in proto-humans provided a strong selective advantage to individuals with brains capable of efficiently transferring tasks in this way. Thus, the shift from quadrupedal to bipedal locomotion may have driven the rapid evolution of distinctive features of human neuronal functioning. We review recent studies of functional neuroanatomy that bear upon this hypothesis, and identify ways to test our ideas. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4010745/ /pubmed/24808820 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2014.00090 Text en Copyright © 2014 Shine and Shine. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Shine, J. M. Shine, R. Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title | Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title_full | Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title_fullStr | Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title_full_unstemmed | Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title_short | Delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
title_sort | delegation to automaticity: the driving force for cognitive evolution? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010745/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808820 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2014.00090 |
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