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Where are all the genes?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Jeffrey C. Schank
Jeffrey C. Schank
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 jcschank@ucdavis.edu http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Schank/
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Abstract

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Andrews et al. argue for adaptationism in cognitive research. However, the problem of evolvability brings into question the number of genes required for the evolution of cognitive mechanisms. Are there enough? Also, greater consideration should be given to alternative vicarious selection processes, which may produce cognitive mechanisms. Finally, identifying constraints with optimality arguments is more difficult than the authors think.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 527 - 528
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press