Executive Functions of the Frontal Lobes and the Evolutionary Ascendancy of Homo Sapiens

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Numerosity, Abstraction, and the Emergence of Symbolic Thinking (2012, background): “…and the ability to understand increasingly complex metaphors is highly dependent on the inhibitory aspect of the executive functions of the PFC (see Coolidge and Wynn 2001 for a more detailed description of these functions in the archaeological record and their role in the evolution of modern…”
Working‐Memory Capacity and the Evolution of Modern Cognitive Potential (2010, background): “A completely different approach, taken from a neuropsychologist’s perspective, proposes that the evolution of the executive functions of the frontal lobes is a cognitive key element in the evolution of modern human behavior and culture (Coolidge and Wynn 2001).”
Working Memory, its Executive Functions, and the Emergence of Modern Thinking (2005, background): “In support of these findings, Coolidge et al. (2004) have recently found evidence for a geneticallybased comorbidity for executive function deficits and some chronic personality disorders.”
Recognizing Complex Cognition through Innovative Technology in Stone Age and Palaeolithic Sites (2013, background): “Heat treatment is an apt example of a transformative technology that involves not only analogical thought, but also response inhibition, organization across space and time, contingency planning, mental rehearsal and thought experiment — all attributes that Wynn and Coolidge (2009) attribute to enhan”