The effects of test order and nodal distance on the emergence and stability of derived discriminative stimulus functions

Psychological Record

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-196

  Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne ^a   Dymond, Simon ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18944381457     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395505     Document Type: Article

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