Using a model of cognition as extended and enactive, we examine the role of materiality in making minds as exemplified by lithics and writing, forms associated with conceptual thought and meta-awareness of conceptual domains. We address ways in which brain functions may change in response to interactions with material forms, the attributes of material forms that may cause such change, and the spans of time required for neurofunctional reorganization. We also offer three hypotheses for investigating co-influence and change in cognition and material culture.

中文翻译：

---

论工具制造思想：人类认知进化的考古学视角

使用扩展和活跃的认知模型，我们研究了物质性在使人联想到石器和文字，与概念性思维相关联的形式和概念性领域的元意识方面所发挥的作用。我们研究大脑功能可能会随着与物质形式的相互作用而改变的方式，可能导致这种改变的物质形式的属性以及神经功能重组所需的时间跨度。我们还提供了三个假设，以研究认知和物质文化中的共同影响和变化。