Re: [xmca] Cole article citation

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On Oct 14, 2008, at 8:19 PM, Mike Cole wrote:

> its also online in living color at lchc.ucsd.edu!!
> :-)
> mike the brain person
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Coppens <acoppens@ucsc.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> The citation is correct. Here's the website for the journal
>> www.elsevier.com/locate/jphysparis. I was able to access the article
>> through the Science Direct database at my library. Perhaps it could
>> be
>> posted somewhere for viewing? (If this isn't the case somewhere I
>> don't know
>> about.)
>>
>> Best of luck,
>> Andrew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
>> bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>> Behalf Of David Cross
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:23 PM
>> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>> Subject: 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, 236 246
>>>
>>> "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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