Re: [xmca] The Strange Situation

I am very much interested in this article, but cannot locate it. Is
this the correct citation?

Cheers,
David

Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> writes:

> And in:
>
> Cole, M. (2007). "Phylogeny and cultural history in ontogeny." Journal of
> Physiology - Paris 101, 236­246
>
> "Quartz and Sejnowski, declare that culture ŒŒcontains part of the
> developmental program that works with genes to build the brain that
> underlies who you are² (2002, p. 58). Donald (2001) makes the same point
> in slightly different terms: ŒŒCulture actually configures the complex
> symbolic systems needed to support it by engineering the functional capture
> of the brain for epigenesis² (p. 23). More recently Li (2006) has coined the
> term ŒŒbio-cultural co-constructivism² to characterize this view." (p. 237)
>
> Martin
>
> On 9/18/08 9:20 AM, "Mike Cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The influence of culture on funcational and structural aspects of the brain
>> is reviewed
>> some in my article for Handbook of Child dev at lchc.ucsd.edu and in my
>> ISCAR talk
>> which I will try to post when I return to San diego.
>>
>> More than a curiousity, for sure.
>> mike
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Nice illustration here of the interface of biology and culture:
>>>
>>> *Scientists have uncovered evidence for an inbuilt "sat-nav" system in the
>>> brains of London taxi drivers.*
>>>
>>> They used magnetic scanners to explore the brain activity of taxi drivers
>>> as
>>> they navigated their way through a virtual simulation of London's streets.
>>>
>>> Different brain regions were activated as they considered route options,
>>> spotted familiar landmarks or thought about their customers.
>>>
>>> The research was presented at this week's BA Science Festival.
>>>
>>> Earlier studies had shown that taxi drivers have a larger hippocampus - a
>>> region of the brain that plays an important role in navigation.
>>>
>>> Their brains even "grow on the job" as they build up detailed information
>>> needed to find their way around London's labyrinth of streets - information
>>> famously referred to as "The Knowledge".
>>> "We were keen to go beyond brain structure - and see what activity is going
>>> on inside the brains of taxi drivers while they are doing their job," said
>>> Dr Hugo Spiers from University College London.
>>>
>>> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7613621.stm>
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