The cognitive science of technology

• Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences Vol. 25; no. 11; pp. 964 - 977
• Main Author: Stout, Dietrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Biological Evolution; Cognition; Cognitive Science; cultural evolution; human evolution; Humans; Neurosciences; skill; social learning; Technology; tool use; social learning; human evolution; tool use; skill; cultural evolution

Technology is central to human life but hard to define and study. This review synthesizes advances in fields from anthropology to evolutionary biology and neuroscience to propose an interdisciplinary cognitive science of technology. The foundation of this effort is an evolutionarily motivated defini...