Ten years of the rational analysis of cognition

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 57-65

  Chater, Nick ^a,b   Oaksford, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMORY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0033052444     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01273-X     Document Type: Review

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