Fine-tuning nativism: The 'nurtured nature' and innate cognitive structures

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-417

  Perovic, Slobodan ^a   Radenovic, Ljiljana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Environment parity thesis; Gene; Genocentrism; Nativism in psychology; Nature nurture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961017582     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-010-9180-0     Document Type: Article

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