The role of executive control in tool use.
Comparing cognitive functions between humans and nonhuman primates is helpful for understanding human tool use. We comment on the latest insights from comparative research on executive control functions. Based on our own work, we discuss how even a mental function in which non-human primates outperform humans might have played a key role in the development of tool use.
Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. g.stoet@leeds.ac.uk
Gijsbert
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Stoet
Lawrence H
LH
Snyder
D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013672:Technology; D053001:Tool Use Behavior