Affordances as Properties of the Animal-Environment System

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-134

  Stoffregen, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0142138102     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326969ECO1502_2     Document Type: Review

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