Language and other artifacts: socio-cultural dynamics of niche construction
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Language and other artifacts: socio-cultural dynamics of niche construction
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01601