Affordances and Events

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-28

  Stoffregen, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0034406151     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326969ECO1201_1     Document Type: Review

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