Measuring cognitive universals and cultural particulars

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (4):586-587 (1998)
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A reanalysis of Atran's data is presented in which the comparison between Itzaj and Michigan animal names is represented in spatial rather than taxonomic form. Similarity among all subjects is also represented in spatial terms. Finally, culturally shared knowledge between the two cultures is shown to be about ten times larger than the culture-specific component unique to each culture.

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10.1017/s0140525x98411270

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