脑、认知与文化学习

Brain Cognition and Cultural Learning

在人脑与文化之间存在着交互作用的关系。人脑是所有行为与思想的发源地,是文化产生的源泉;而文化储存在人脑中,文化经验活动会改变人脑的结构与功能。每一种持续性的活动,无论是文化观念与活动,如文化学习、思维想象,还是生理活动、感觉活动等都改变着人类的心智与脑,使人脑成为文化脑。人的文化具有复杂性与累积性的特征,通过人类独特的合作、模仿、教学等独特的文化能力而代代传承。脑、认知与文化之间存在着复杂的交互作用。

There is interactive relationship between brain and culture. All of the behavior and thought originate from the brain and culture emerges from the brain; Culture stores in the brain and the cultural experience can change the anatomy and function of the brain. Every ongoing activities, no matter it were be cultural concepts and activities, such as cultural learning, thinking, physical and perceptual activities alter the mind and brain, which make the human brain a cultural one. Human culture is complex and cumulative, which transmit from generation to generation through the unique capacities of cooperation, imitation, instruction. Brain, cognition and culture interact complicatedly.