Cognitive architecture and descent with modification

Cognition

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-465

  Marcus, Gary F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 33747159370     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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