{"product_id":"mapping-the-mind-domain-specificity-in-cognition-and-culture-9780521429931","title":"Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity in Cognition and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the nature of human thought? A long dominant view holds that the mind is a general problem-solving device that approaches all questions in much the same way. Chomskys theory of language  which revolutionized linguistics  challenged this claim  contending that children are primed to acquire some skills  such as language  in a manner largely independent of their ability to solve other sorts of apparently similar mental problems. In recent years  researchers in anthropology  psychology  linguistics and neuroscience have examined whether other mental skills are similarly independent. Many have concluded that much of human thought is \"domain-specific.\" Thus  the mind is better viewed as a collection of cognitive abilities specialized to handle specific tasks than as a general problem solver. Mapping the Mind introduces a general audience to a domain-specificity perspective  by compiling a collection of essays exploring how several of these cognitive abilities are organized. This volume is appropriate as a reader for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in cultural psychology  psychological anthropology  developmental and cognitive psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648166879285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0521429935","price":62.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780521429931.jpg?v=1781711216","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mapping-the-mind-domain-specificity-in-cognition-and-culture-9780521429931","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}