"Kataptation" or the QWERTY-effect in language evolution

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Moro, Andrea ^a  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84867119964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00050     Document Type: Article

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