Modules of the Human Mind
This chapter outlines some of the key modules that are likely to be unique to the human mind. These include a sophisticated mind-reading system, a language faculty, a variety of adaptations that facilitate cultural learning, and a system for normative reasoning and motivation. It is argued that at some length, we should expect there to be multiple modules distinctive of the human mind (rather than just one), and that our current understanding of brain evolution, brain organization, and brain development in no way count against the massive modularity hypothesis.
Keywords: brain development, brain evolution, brain organization, cultural learning, language faculty, mind-reading, normative motivation, normative reasoning
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .