Evolution's gift is the right account of the origin of recoding functions

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (1):83-83 (1997)
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Clark & Thornton argue that the recoding functions which are used to solve type-2 problems are, at least in part, the ontogenetic products of general-purpose mechanisms. This commentary disputes this and suggests that recoding functions are adaptive specializations.

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