Converging Parallels: Semiotics and Psychology in Evolutionary Perspective

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 731-753

  Bouissac, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive psychology; evolutionary psychology; meme; semiotics; sign

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032339126     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354398086002     Document Type: Article

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