The four causes of behavior

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 136-140

  Killeen, Peter R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associations; Automata; Causality; Explanation; Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536040     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00134     Document Type: Article

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