Bridging developmental systems theory and evolutionary psychology using dynamic optimization

Developmental Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 584-598

  Frankenhuis, Willem E ^a   Panchanathan, Karthik ^b   Clark Barrett, H ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84879550093     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12053     Document Type: Article

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