Matching compound samples with unitary comparisons: Derived stimulus relations in adults and children

Psychological Record

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 671-685

  Carpentier, Franck ^c   Smeets, Paul M ^b   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

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EID: 0034356255     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395377     Document Type: Article

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