Word, niche and super-niche: How language makes minds matter more

Theoria-Revista De Teoria Historia Y Fundamentos De La Ciencia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-268

  Clark, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition enhancing structure; Cognitive niche; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646922265     PISSN: 04954548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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