Probability of equivalence formation: Familiar stimuli and training sequence

Psychological Record

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-291

  Arntzen, Erik ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

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EID: 2442601418     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395474     Document Type: Article

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