Dynamic systems approaches: Cool enough? Hot enough?

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-285

  Lewis, Marc D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition emotion; Dynamic systems; Neuroscience; Personality development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855131037     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00190.x     Document Type: Review

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