Why brains are not computers, why behaviorism is not satanism, and why dolphins are not aquatic apes

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-23

  Barrett, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

4E cognition; Anthropocentrism; Behavior; Comparative psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969749896     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: 21968918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40614-015-0047-0     Document Type: Article

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