Biological probability: Cognitive processes of generating probabilities of events in biological systems

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-95

  Nakajima, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KOBE STEEL LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033533560     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0977     Document Type: Article

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