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Dec. 12th, 2020 11:02 am
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“Literacy changes people’s biology and psychology without altering the underlying genetic code. A society in which 95 percent of adults are highly literate would have, on average, thicker corpus callosa and worse facial recognition than a society in which only 5 percent of people are highly literate.
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Literacy thus provides an example of how culture can change people biologically independent of any genetic differences.
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highly literate societies are relatively new, and quite distinct from most societies that have ever existed. This means that modern populations are neurologically and psychologically different from those found in societies throughout history and back into our evolutionary past.”

--- Joseph Henrich. “The WEIRDest People in the World.”

Date: 2020-12-13 01:13 am (UTC)
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> thicker corpus callosa and worse facial recognition

trade-off, однако...

Date: 2020-12-13 01:33 am (UTC)
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;-) Ну да, теперь я буду себя утешать, что если я не слишком хорошо запоминаю лица, то это оттого, что я "такой умный" ;-)

но, похоже, действительно есть объективная анти-корреляция...

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