Integrative Levels, the Brain, and the Emergence of Complex Behavior

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 168-187

  Greenberg, Gary ^a   Partridge, Ty ^a   Weiss, Emily ^a   Haraway, Maury M ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

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EID: 0347287736     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.3.3.168     Document Type: Article

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