Theoretical notes: Pattern and process in the evolution of learning

Psychological Review

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 186-201

  Papini, Mauricio R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHENOTYPE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0036364786     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0033-295X.109.1.186     Document Type: Article

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