David B. Kronenfeld’s scientific contributions

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Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
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September 1993

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David B. Kronenfeld

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Merlin Donald

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... Representation begins in the third level when infants extract meaning from their physical and social worlds, and re-present it in action (i.e., mimesis). In mimesis infants are nonintentionally re-presenting the meanings they encounter in their worlds through actions (see Donald, 1991;Nelson, 2007 for extended discussions). This ability develops rapidly toward the end of infancy and Introduction 253 takes various forms, including imitation, gestures and early words. ...

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The Development of Symbolic Representation
Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
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  • September 1993

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