The agent-environment interface: Simon's indirect or Gibson's direct coupling?

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-106

  Shaw, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0042071478     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326969ECO1501_04     Document Type: Review

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