Cognitive anthropology seeks to explain patterns of shared knowledge, cultural innovation, and transmission over time and space using the methods and theories of the cognitive sciences (especially experimental psychology and evolutionary biology) often through close collaboration with historians, ethnographers, archaeologists, linguists, musicologists and other specialists engaged in the description and interpretation of cultural forms.
kˈɑːɡnᵻtˌɪv ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi sˈiːks tʊ ɛksplˈeɪn pˈætɚnz ʌv ʃˈɛɹd nˈɑːlɪdʒ, kˈʌltʃɚɹəl ˌɪnəvˈeɪʃən, ænd tɹænsmˈɪʃən ˌoʊvɚ tˈaɪm ænd spˈeɪs jˈuːzɪŋ ðə mˈɛθədz ænd θˈiəɹiz ʌvðə kˈɑːɡnᵻtˌɪv sˈaɪənsᵻz ɪspˈɛʃəli ɛkspˌɛɹɪmˈɛntəl saɪkˈɑːlədʒi ænd ˌɛvəlˈuːʃənˌɛɹi baɪˈɑːlədʒi ˈɔfən θɹuː klˈoʊs kəlˌæbɚɹˈeɪʃən wɪð hɪstˈoːɹiənz, ɛθnˈɑːɡɹəfɚz, ˌɑːɹkiːˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts, lˈɪŋɡwɪsts, mjˌuːzɪkˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts ænd ˈʌðɚ spˈɛʃəlˌɪsts ɛŋɡˈeɪdʒd ɪnðə dᵻskɹˈɪpʃən ænd ɪntˌɜːpɹɪtˈeɪʃən ʌv kˈʌltʃɚɹəl fˈɔːɹmz.