Evolution, selection and cognition: From "learning" to parameter setting in biology and in the study of language

Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1-44

  Piattelli Palmarini, Massimo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024614579     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0277(89)90016-4     Document Type: Article

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