About 40 years ago, James J. Gibson coined the term “affordance” to describe the action
possibilities offered to an animal by the environment with reference to the animal's action …

In this review, we propose that the neural basis for the spontaneous, diversified human tool
use is an area devoted to the execution and observation of tool actions, located in the left …

Cumulative technological culture (CTC) refers to the increase in the efficiency and
complexity of tools and techniques in human populations over generations. A fascinating …

Tool use is a defining feature of human species. Therefore, a fundamental issue is to
understand the cognitive bases of human tool use. Given that people cannot use tools …

Apraxia is a symptom of cerebral lesions that has puzzled clinicians and researchers for
some 100 years. It has engendered many fascinating descriptions and a wide diversity of …

Misuse of tools and objects by patients with left brain damage is generally recognized as a
manifestation of apraxia, caused by parietal lobe damage. The use of tools and objects can …

Since more than a century, neuropsychological models have assumed that the left inferior
parietal cortex is central to tool use by storing manipulation knowledge (the manipulation …

One of the most exciting issues in psychology is, What are the psychological mechanisms
underlying human tool use? The computational approach assumes that the use of a tool (eg …

People are ambivalently enthusiastic and anxious about how far technology can go.
Therefore, understanding the neurocognitive bases of the human technical mind should be …

Our understanding of human tool use comes mainly from neuropsychology, particularly from
patients with apraxia or action disorganization syndrome. However, there is no integrative …