Causal belief and the origins of technology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1809, 2003, Pages 1709-1719

  Wolpert, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Causal belief; Children; Evolution; Tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141992519     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1231     Document Type: Article

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