穿越海洋和原的路径:传统文化告诉我们关于导航的知识
Pablo Fernandez-Velasco1, Hugo J Spiers2
1Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London, London, UK; Department of Philosophy, University of York, York, UK.
Trends in cognitive sciences
|October 5, 2023
概括
人类导航研究往往忽视了各种文化实践. 这篇概述将传统导航的人类学发现与认知科学联系起来,强调多式联运线索和文化系统.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 人类导航研究主要来自西方国家,利用有限的环境环境.
- 人类学研究揭示了不同社会中多样化,文化适应的导航策略.
研究的目的:
- 弥合对导航的认知科学研究与对传统导航的人类学解释之间的差距.
- 突出多式联运和文化一体化性质的导航在不同的人口.
主要方法:
- 综合心理学,神经科学和人类学研究的文献综述.
- 分析传统的导航方法,环境线索和文化系统.
- 讨论最近在测量导航技能的方法上的进步.
主要成果:
- 与实验室环境相比,传统的导航采用了更丰富,多式联运的环境线索.
- 导航通常嵌入更广泛的文化系统,利用特定的工具和知识.
结论:
- 文化和环境因素极大地影响了人类的航行策略.
- 未来的研究应该纳入各种方法,以了解人类跨文化导航的复杂性.
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