A burning desire: Steps toward an evolutionary psychology of fire learning

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 445-451

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fire; Fire play; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 65849340544     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853706778554986     Document Type: Article

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