A model of the emergence and evolution of integrated worldviews

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 434-451

  Gabora, Liane ^a   Aerts, Diederik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Concepts; Conceptual integration; Context; Cultural evolution; Entanglement; Evolutionary psychology; Quantum interaction; SCOP formalism; Worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350347118     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: 10960880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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