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Cognitive Specialization
The theory of cognitive specialization refers to how and why organisms develop specialities in specific social and behavioral areas, while other organisms may not. Specialization in certain domains likely serves an adaptive purpose, as organisms with special skills may be more likely to survive. It has been examined in areas including language, theory of mind, child development, social behavior, and non-human animal behavior.





History

 * INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE STYLE--I. REFLECTIVE EYE MOVEMENTS (Galin, 1974)
 * MAPPING BRAIN ASYMMETRY (Toga) - Nature

Language

 * ￼￼￼￼￼￼Search for a common neurocognitive mechanism for language and movements (Tzeng)
 * Poetry As Right-Hemispheric Language (Kane)

Theory of Mind
Theory of Mind, or the ability to attribute mental states to other people, is thought to be a cognitive specialization unique to humans, with a few possible exceptions (
 * ￼Theory of mind: evolutionary history of a cognitive specialization (Povinelli)
 * Generous or Parsimonious Cognitive Architecture? Cognitive Neuroscience and Theory of Mind (Gerrans)


 * Three-month-olds’ visual preference for faces and its underlying visual processing mechanisms (Turati)

Social Behavior

 * The New Institutional Economics: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead Author(s): Oliver E. Williamson
 * Cognition at the heart of human interaction (Levinson)
 * http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=SxX4gRzOS6oC&oi=fnd&pg=PA163&dq=%22cognitive+specialization%22&ots=Bh_o5J8SxK&sig=ZFuEpbvirKqEajzGAx4NgbumzTo#v=onepage&q=%22cognitive%20specialization%22&f=false (Cognitive adaptations for social exchange)


 * ￼￼￼￼￼￼Search for a common neurocognitive mechanism for language and movements (Tzeng)
 * http://www.sciencemag.org/content/217/4560/659.short (sex and handedness differences in cerebral blood flow during rest and cognitive activity)

Psychiatric implications

 * Implications for Psychiatry of Left and Right Cerebral Specialization (Galin)
 * http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1981-13088-001 (could also be for child development section) Age related neuropsychological sequelae of Reye's Syndrome.

Non-human Specialization

 * Specialized Face Learning Is Associated with Individual Recognition in Paper Wasps (Sheehan - Science)
 * http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-4412-4_22#page-1 (Lateralization of Emotional and Cognitive Function in Higher Vertebrates, with Special Reference to the Domestic Chick)