From computers to cultivation: Reconceptualizing evolutionary psychology

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Barrett, Louise ^a   Pollet, Thomas V ^b   Stulp, Gert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive integration; Evolutionary psychology; Extended mind; Modules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906348379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00867     Document Type: Review

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