Comments on the paper “Are altered states of consciousness detrimental, useful or helpful for the origins of symbolic cognition? A response to Hodgson and Lewis Williams”, by T Froese, A Woodward and T Ikegami
Patricia A. Helvenston
Adaptive Behavior August 1, 2014 DOI: 10.1177/1059712314533806 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Altered states of consciousness |
| Key points | Contends that Froese et al. mischaracterize his and Paul Bahn's work on altered states of consciousness and symbolic cognition, and identifies neuropsychological errors in their paper. |
Abstract
The purpose of these comments is to correct some mischaracterizations of my work with Paul Bahn that Froese et al. make in their latest paper “Are altered states of consciousness detrimental, useful or helpful for the origins of symbolic cognition? A response to Hodgson and Lewis-Williams”. Additionally I discuss neuropsychological errors occurring in that paper.