The evolution of Mandler's conceptual primitives (image-schemas) as neural mechanisms for space-time simulation structures

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-123

  Vandervert, Larry R ^a  

^a American Nonlinear Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Evolution; Image schemas; Language; Vicarious trial and error (VTE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206485     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(97)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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