Plasticity and language: An example of the Baldwin effect?

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-21

  Zollman, Kevin J S ^a   Smead, Rory ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baldwin effect; Evolution; Evolutionary game theory; Language; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749096307     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-009-9447-x     Document Type: Article

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