Extended evolutionary psychology: The importance of transgenerational developmental plasticity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Stotz, Karola ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developmental niche; Embodied cognition; Evelopmental plasticity; Extended cognition; Extended evolutionary synthesis; extended inheritance; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906342698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00908     Document Type: Review

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