On the Futurelearn Course Introduction to Psychology I made the distinction between genetic development of the brain (how big it is) and the cultural development - where the culture is always changing generation by generation.
DB asked I am guessing that the evolution of technology may also relate to our brains' size?
If you think about it modern technology
means that we don’t have to use our brains so intensely as in the past. I was
brought up “under the counter” in a newsagent and tobacconist’s shop and as a
child enjoyed serving customers – and all sales were done in your head in old £sd
money, no bar codes and computer tills to help. In fact the work of the average
shop assistant has been significantly deskilled in my lifetime.
