The origin and evolution of culture and creativity

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-57

  Gabora, Liane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Creativity; Culture; Evolution; Imitation; Induction; Information; Meme; Memory; Mental representation; Natural selection; Social learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242811238     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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