What Is an Affordance?

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Jones, Keith S ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142199793     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326969ECO1502_1     Document Type: Review

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