Molecules, Systems, and Behavior: Another View of Memory Consolidation

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bechtel, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral aspects; Brain process; Cellular processes; Cognitive science; Mechanistic reduction; Memory consolidation; Molecular processes; Psychology; Ruthless reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650053399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195304787.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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