Establishing and reversing equivalence relations with a precursor to the relational evaluation procedure

Psychological Record

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-286

  Smeets, Paul M ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^b   Striefel, Sebastian ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744757324     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395550     Document Type: Article

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