Labels, cognomes, and cyclic computation: An ethological perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Murphy, Elliot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Cognome; Formal language theory; Labeling effects; Language evolution; Minimalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940517920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00715     Document Type: Article

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