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Technition: When Tools Come Out of the Closet
François Osiurak1,2, Mathieu Lesourd3, Jordan Navarro1,2
1Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Université de Lyon.
The human technical mind, crucial for transforming our environment, may stem from unique neurocognitive skills in the left inferior parietal lobe. This research advocates for a new cognitive science field, "technition," to study tool-related intelligence.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
Background:
- Public ambivalence towards technological advancement necessitates understanding its cognitive underpinnings.
- Current cognitive science research marginally addresses the neurocognitive basis of the human technical mind.
- Lack of focus on the technical mind hinders understanding of skills for environmental transformation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose that the human technical mind originates from specific neurocognitive skills.
- To identify technical-reasoning skills and their neural correlates.
- To establish a new field of study, 'technition', for tool-related intelligence.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical development of the 'technition' concept.
- Hypothesizing the role of the left inferior parietal lobe (area PF) in technical reasoning.
- Literature review and synthesis of existing cognitive science domains.
Main Results:
- The human technical mind is proposed to originate from uniquely human neurocognitive skills.
- Technical-reasoning skills are hypothesized to involve area PF in the left inferior parietal lobe.
- An epistemological gap is identified regarding the study of the technical mind.
Conclusions:
- The study advocates for the emergence of 'technition' as a dedicated field within cognitive science.
- Understanding the neurocognitive basis of the technical mind is essential for cognitive sciences.
- The left inferior parietal lobe's area PF is implicated as a key neural substrate for technical reasoning.
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