Perspectives on Socially Shared Cognition

The subject is a phenomenon that seems almost a contradiction in terms: cognition that is not bounded by the individual brain or mind. Papers from the 1989 conference held at the U. of Pittsburgh address the social character of motives and task representations; socially constructed rules of reasoning; linguistic tools and social knowledge; the source of cultural knowledge; collaborating at work; and the individual in sociocognitive context. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.