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Cognitive Evolution

Cognitive Evolution is the academic study of the development and transformation of cognitive abilities—such as perception, memory, language, and problem-solving—in the hominin lineage, distinguishing itself from broader evolutionary studies by focusing specifically on the emergence and refinement of mental capacities underlying human thought and behavior.

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2017–2026

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Mindblindness: an essay on autism and theory of mind

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 3.7K citations

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Natural language and natural selection

Steven Pinker, Paul Bloom · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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The symbolic species: the co-evolution of language and the brain

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 2.5K citations

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Origins of the modern mind: three stages in the evolution of culture and cognition

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 2.5K citations

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The Adaptive Character of Thought

Dominic W. Massaro, Daniel Friedman, John R. Anderson · The American Journal of Psychology · 1991 · 2.2K citations

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Authors

2.6K

  1. TW
    Thomas Wynn

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    20 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. JC
    Josep Call

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    17 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. LC
    Leda Cosmides

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    15 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. JT
    John Tooby

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    16 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. FL
    Frederick L. Coolidge

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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Institutions

1K

  1. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    48 publications

    8.1K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    25 h-index

    67 publications

    21.9K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    37 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    24 h-index

    41 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    40 publications

    4.9K citations

  6. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    48 publications

    4.1K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    51 publications

    10.1K citations

  8. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    19 h-index

    31 publications

    2.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 93 publications · 33.4K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 33 publications · 8.1K citations

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  4. Behavioral and Brain Sciences

    BBS · 56 publications · 9.2K citations

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  5. Frontiers in Psychology

    28 publications · 1.6K citations

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