A system for relational reasoning in human prefrontal cortex

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Waltz, James A ^a   Knowlton, Barbara J ^a   Holyoak, Keith J ^a   Boone, Kyle B ^a   Mishkin, Fred S ^a   De Menezes Santos, Marcia ^a   Thomas, Carmen R ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0011376254     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00118     Document Type: Article

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