Have we lost the thinker in other minds? Human thinking beyond social norms

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43 (2020)
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Abstract

Veissière and colleagues suggest that thinking is entirely based on social norms. I point out that despite the fact that social norms are commonly used to alleviate cognitive processing, some individuals are willing and able to go about the costly process of questioning them and exploring other valuable ways of thinking.

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