The external brain: Eco-cultural roots of distancing and mediation

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-265

  Del Río, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural affordance; Distancing; Distributed functions; External brain; Mediation; Personal cultures; Zone of free movement; Zone of syncretic representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038472046     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X02008002440     Document Type: Review

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