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potentiation

potentiation Potentiation is the strengthening or boosting of a feature, ability, or effect.

Potentiation is the strengthening or boosting of a feature, ability, or effect. In this source, it refers to human self-domestication increasing or enhancing cognitive, behavioral, and language-related properties, especially the functional side of language use such as pragmatics.

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Drafting source: Benítez-Burraco Antonio. How (and why) languages became more complex as we evolved more prosocial: the human self-domestication view. 2025; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1499994; article XML SHA-256 a7b7a5f166ee9a6eb2ef0188b902bf27c53b4987a1d33171f4b40c13b1b26f9e. “How (and why) languages became more complex as we evolved more prosocial: the human self-domestication view” (10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1499994).
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