The modularity debate in evolutionary psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 669-682

  Chiappe, Dan ^a   Gardner, Ricca ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domain generality; evolutionary psychology; functional specialization; modularity; reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867683960     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354311398703     Document Type: Article

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