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Expression Unleashed: The evolutionary & cognitive foundations of human communication

2021-01-08

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<p>Human expression is open-ended, versatile and diverse, ranging from ordinary language use to painting, from exaggerated displays of affection to micro-movements that aid coordination. Here we present and defend the claim that this expressive diversity is united by an interrelated suite of cognitive capacities, the evolved functions of which are the expression and recognition of informative intentions. We descri...

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Literature Corpus work: ec644d5f-6f43-5e46-9c17-044f201e0613
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/mcv5b

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