Complexity, Hypersets, and the Ecological Perspective on Perception-Action

Biological Theory

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-36

  Chemero, Anthony ^a   Turvey, M T ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

affordance; Brusselator; complexity; ecological psychology; hyperset; James J. Gibson; Robert Rosen

Indexed keywords

EID: 85131765563     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2007.2.1.23     Document Type: Article

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