Evolutionary pressures and a stable world for animals and robots: A commentary on Merker

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-118

  Franklin, Stan ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

EID: 14844328668     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2004.09.003     Document Type: Note

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