Differences between oral and literate cultures: What we can know about Upper Paleolithic minds

The Psychology of Human Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 59-110

  Helvenston, Patricia A ^a  

^a American Board of Professional Neuropsychology Historical Neuropsychological Researches   (United States)

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