Tool innovation may be a critical limiting step for the establishment of a rich tool-using culture: A perspective from child development

Sarah R. Beck; Jackie Chappell; Ian A. Apperly; Nicola Cutting

doi:10.1017/S0140525X11001877

Tool innovation may be a critical limiting step for the establishment of a rich tool-using culture: A perspective from child development

Sarah R. Beck, Jackie Chappell, Ian A. Apperly, Nicola Cutting

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Recent data show that human children (up to 8 years old) perform poorly when required to innovate tools. Our tool-rich culture may be more reliant on social learning and more limited by domain-general constraints such as ill-structured problem solving than otherwise thought.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-221
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X11001877
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

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7 Citations
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Making tools isn’t child’s play
Beck, S., Apperly, I., Chappell, J., Guthrie, C. & Cutting, N., 1 May 2011, In: Cognition. 119, 2, p. 301-306 6 p.
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(Re)Inventing the wheel: the development of tool innovation.
Beck, S. (Principal Investigator), Apperly, I. (Co-Investigator) & Chappell, J. (Co-Investigator)
Economic & Social Research Council
12/10/12 → 30/09/16
Project: Research Councils

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Tool innovation may be a critical limiting step for the establishment of a rich tool-using culture: A perspective from child development

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