Scattered naive theories: Why the human mind is isomorphic to the internet web

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-202

  Leiser, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Knowledge; Misconceptions; Models; Naive theory; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038122385     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(01)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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