Teaching equivalence relations to individuals with minimal verbal repertoires: Are visual and auditory-visual discriminations predictive of stimulus equivalence?

Psychological Record

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-218

  Vause, Tricia ^a,b   Martin, Garry L ^a   Yu, C T ^a   Marion, Carole ^a   Sakko, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 18944407747     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395506     Document Type: Article

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