Editorial: Language evolution: Computer models for empirical data

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-11

  Vogt, Paul ^a   de Boer, Bart ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 73649137375     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: 17412633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059712309350968     Document Type: Editorial

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