The trouble with language: Experiential Avoidance, Rules, and the Nature of Verbal Events

Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 170-173

  Hayes, Steven C ^a   Gifford, Elizabeth V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0347108903     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00405.x     Document Type: Article

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