In praise of neuroscience (for once)
Here, at ICCI, we are used to being skeptical about the contributions of neurosciences to the understanding of culture (see the posts on reading and religion, or Mixing Memories's post on colour categorisation). Indeed, very often, neuroscientific studies of cultural phenomena do not do more than ...
Universals in turn-taking in conversation – PNAS paper
This is to announce a recent publication in PNAS under the 'anthropology' rubric, titled 'Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation', by Tanya Stivers et al (online June 24, 2009; print PNAS June 30, 2009 vol. 106 no. 26 10587-10592). It should be of interest to anyone ...
Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation
From the Language and Cognition Group, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen: Stivers, T., Enfield, N. J., Brown, P., Englert, C., Hayashi, M., Heinemann, T., Gertie Hoymann, Federico Rossano, Jan Peter de Ruiter, Kyung-Eun Yoon and Stephen C. Levinson (2009). "Universals and ...