アマゾンの先住民集団における幾何学の基礎知識
Stanislas Dehaene1, Véronique Izard, Pierre Pica
1INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 91401 Orsay Cedex, France. dehaene@shfj.cea.fr
まとめ
この研究は,点や線を理解するなどの基本的な幾何学的な直感が,人間の生まれつきの能力であることを明らかにしています. これらの基本的な幾何学概念は,正式な教育や専門的な言語を持たない先住民族のグループでも現れます.
科学分野:
- コグニティブ・サイエンス コグニティブ・サイエンス
- アントロポロジー (人類学)
- 発達心理学の心理学について
背景:
- 文化を超えた幾何学的な理解の普遍性を調査する.
- 幾何学が人間の生まれつきの能力なのか,それとも文化的に習得された知識なのかを考察する.
研究 の 目的:
- 孤立した先住民集団における基本的な幾何学的な直感の存在を調査する.
- 基本的な幾何学的な概念が,正式な教育,象徴的表現,または専門的な語彙から独立して存在するかどうかを判断する.
主な方法:
- 幾何学的な概念的原始性を評価するために2つの非言語テストを使用しました.
- アマゾンの先住民集団であるムンドゥルルクーの子供と成人の両方を研究した.
主要な成果:
- ムンドゥルルクーの参加者は,点,直線,平行,直角などの概念の自発的な使用を示しました.
- 参加者は,物体の位置を特定するために,距離,角度,および幾何学的な地図における感覚関係を効果的に使用しました.
結論:
- 人間に内在する幾何学的な直感の証拠を提供する.
- 基本的な幾何学概念は,教育,グラフィックシンボル,または豊富な幾何学辞典にのみ依存するものではないことを示唆しています.
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