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Abstract

Alexander’s words set the scene for exploring more about the broad nature and attributes of information behavior. In previous chapters we explored how Information behavior emerged in early humans as an evolved cognitive mechanism with instinctive and environmental dimensions underpinned by a motivation to control motivation to control the environment. We now focus more closely on the human cognitive and social level in Fig. 2.2 that highlights Information behavior as a complex phenomenon with many broad attributes and dimensions that we are only just beginning to understand.

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