TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints728
UR  - http://cogprints.org/728/
A1  - Suddendorf, Thomas
TI  - Simpler for Evolution: Secondary Representation in Apes, Children, and Ancestors
Y1  - 1998///
N2  - Great apes show behavioural evidence for secondary representation similar to that of children of about two years of age. However, there is no convincing evidence for metarepresentation in apes. A good evolutionary interpretation should be parsimonious and must bring developmental and comparative data in accord. I propose a model based on the work of Perner (1991) and close by pointing out a logical flaw in Heyes’ second proposed experiment
AV  - public
KW  - great apes
KW  -  children
KW  -  secondary representation
KW  -  metarepresentation
KW  -  metamind
KW  -  evolutionary parsimony
KW  -  insight
KW  -  self-recognition
KW  -  hidden displacement
KW  -  empathy
KW  -  synchronous representation
KW  -  mental attribution
KW  -  evolutionary psychology
KW  -  homo erectus
ER  -

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