The living/nonliving dissociation is not an artifact: Giving an a priori implausible hypothesis a strong test

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-154

  Farah, Martha J ^a   Meyer, Michael M ^b   McMullen, Patricia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000022218     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432996382097     Document Type: Article

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