A module is a module is a module: evolution of modularity in Evolutionary Psychology

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-351

  Grossi, Giordana ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary Psychology; Human brain; Human psychology; Modularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027942546     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-014-9355-0     Document Type: Article

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