The dynamic infrastructure of mind-A hypothesis and some of its applications

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-74

  Singer, Florence Mihaela ^a  

^a PETROLEUM GAS UNIVERSITY OF PLOIESTI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cognitive architecture; Dynamic infrastructure of mind; Learning; Operational categories

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949089443     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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