Functional blindness: A construction of cognitive and social influences

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-241

  Bryant, Richard A ^a   McConkey, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0000743964     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468099395945     Document Type: Article

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