Experimental semiotics: An engine of discovery for understanding human communication

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages

  Galantucci, Bruno ^a,b   Roberts, Gareth ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

experimental semiotics; Human communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861889480     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525911500263     Document Type: Article

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