Cognitive tools for the mind: The promises of technology—cognitive amplifiers or bionic prosthetics?

Intelligence and Technology: The Impact of Tools on the Nature and Development of Human Abilities

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 87-102

  Lajoie, Susanne P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84920690782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203824252     Document Type: Chapter

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