English term
Thinking of intelligence through the keyhole of cognition
I’m not sure about the meaning of “Thinking of intelligence through the keyhole of cognition” taken from the passage below. I think it may refer to a sort of “narrow perspective”, since the author is critical about this position, but I couldn't find a metaphoric meaning for "keyhole"...
Thank you so much for your help!
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*** Thinking of intelligence through the keyhole of cognition *** is deeply grounded in Western culture, and the prefrontal cortex has traditionally been posited by comparative anatomists as the structure that separates us from other primates. This is why most experts in executive functioning use computer analogies and flowcharts to explain neural functioning. They generally disregard the haphazard nature of our stream of consciousness and the value of input from the body, our emotions, and social relationships. (These assumptions obviously cannot stand in the face of what we have learned about the social nature of the embodied brain within interpersonal neurobiology.)
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narrow perspective
narrowly
narrow scope of cognition
The context provided shows that there can be different types of intelligence outside the scope of cognition, such as the valuable input from the body
thinking...through the narrow focus of
So not taking a broader overview as such
Discussion
Thanks again!