Acquiring art, spoken language, sign language, text, and other symbolic systems: Developmental and evolutionary observations from a dynamic Tricky Mix theoretical perspective

The Development of the Mediated Mind: Sociocultural Context and Cognitive Development

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 175-222

  Nelson, Keith E ^a   Craven, Patrick L ^a,b   Xuan, Yue ^a,b   Arkenberg, Marnie E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610423     Document Type: Chapter

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