Neural correlates of perceiving and interpreting engraved prehistoric patterns as human production: effect of archaeological expertise

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    The aim of this work was to estimate the effect of familiarity and prior knowledge, hereafter referred to as Expertise, on the brain regions involved in the perception of abstract engravings and their attribution to human agency. The second aim of the study was to assess whether the attribution of the marks to human versus non-human agency could be differentiated at the functional brain level, and to what extent such difference could be conditioned by the observer`s expertise. Attributing a human or non-human origin to the marks the results showed that . . .

     

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