Understanding the "cognitive revolution" in psychology

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Greenwood, John D ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a City College   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0004032080     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6696(199924)35:1<1::AID-JHBS1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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