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And in:
Cole, M. (2007). "Phylogeny and cultural history in ontogeny." Journal of
Physiology - Paris 101, 236246
"Quartz and Sejnowski, declare that culture ŒŒcontains part of the
developmental program that works with genes to build the brain that
underlies who you are˛ (2002, p. 58). Donald (2001) makes the same point
in slightly different terms: ŒŒCulture actually configures the complex
symbolic systems needed to support it by engineering the functional capture
of the brain for epigenesis˛ (p. 23). More recently Li (2006) has coined the
term ŒŒbio-cultural co-constructivism˛ to characterize this view." (p. 237)
Martin
On 9/18/08 9:20 AM, "Mike Cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
> The influence of culture on funcational and structural aspects of the brain
> is reviewed
> some in my article for Handbook of Child dev at lchc.ucsd.edu and in my
> ISCAR talk
> which I will try to post when I return to San diego.
>
> More than a curiousity, for sure.
> mike
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:
>
>> Nice illustration here of the interface of biology and culture:
>>
>> *Scientists have uncovered evidence for an inbuilt "sat-nav" system in the
>> brains of London taxi drivers.*
>>
>> They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi drivers
>> as
>> they navigated their way through a virtual simulation of London's streets.
>>
>> Different brain regions were activated as they considered route options,
>> spotted familiar landmarks or thought about their customers.
>>
>> The research was presented at this week's BA Science Festival.
>>
>> Earlier studies had shown that taxi drivers have a larger hippocampus - a
>> region of the brain that plays an important role in navigation.
>>
>> Their brains even "grow on the job" as they build up detailed information
>> needed to find their way around London's labyrinth of streets - information
>> famously referred to as "The Knowledge".
>> "We were keen to go beyond brain structure - and see what activity is going
>> on inside the brains of taxi drivers while they are doing their job," said
>> Dr Hugo Spiers from University College London.
>>
>> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7613621.stm>
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