From H = log sn to conceptual framework: A short history of information

History of Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-72

  Collins, Alan ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Communications; Cybernetics; Information; Information processing

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CYBERNETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33847667976     PISSN: 10934510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1093-4510.10.1.44     Document Type: Review

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