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Genomic imprinting and the cognitive architecture mediating human culture

  • William Brown
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

Genomic imprinting may be implicated in the origin and maintenance of the cognitive architecture required for cultural transmission. Relatedness asymmetries are expected to lead to increases in the receptibility of matrilineally transmitted information. This may help explain why maternal genes contribute preferentially to the neocortex. That is, maternal genes could influence biases in the transmission and/or acquisition of information. This perspective is complementary to gene-culture coevolutionary approaches.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 251-258

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Cognition and Culture (Volume 1, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 11/06/2012

Publication status

Published - 11/06/2012

ISSN

1567-7095

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/228352
  • Scopus: 0038752305

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