SINBAD Neurosemantics: A Theory of Mental Representation

Mind and Language

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-240

  Ryder, Dan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1942506660     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2004.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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