Robert Hawkins

Jul 9, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alicia Chen |Natalia Velez |Robert Hawkins |Andrew Palacci

1 Introduction Humans do not just passively absorb knowledge from the world; we actively teach one another culturally specific skills and knowledge (Csibra & Gergely, 2009; Kline, 2015). We can be taught to distinguish edible mushrooms from poisonous ones, to build more effective tools, and to solve differential equations, all of which would be difficult or dangerous to acquire through trial and error alone. However, the cognitive mechanisms enabling effective pedagogy are not fully understood.