INVESTIGADORES
BACIGALUPE Maria De Los Angeles
artículos
Título:
Human Being and Environment: Brain, Adaptation, Learning and Cognition
Autor/es:
HÉCTOR BLAS LAHITTE; MARÍA DE LOS ANGELES BACIGALUPE
Revista:
International Journal of Natural and Social Science
Editorial:
International Association of Natural and Social Science
Referencias:
Lugar: Kingston, ON; Año: 2008 vol. 1 p. 12 - 15
ISSN:
1916-1573
Resumen:
The relationship between human biology and behavior has been broadly studied. In this paper we focus on the adaptational role that human behavior has regarding environment from a cognitive anthropological perspective. Working with neurologically ill people we show how the environment (the researcher or any other person) can serve as an external frontal lobe to learn how to solve a problem. Our results are in accordance with the expanded mind/cognition thesis, the Vygotskian point of view and the social learning theory, and we propose to apply the cognitive reserve hypothesis as well. These results encourage research on this issue to help people to improve their quality of life.
