Searching for General Principles in Cognitive Performance: Reply to Commentators

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Stephen, Damian G ^a   Van Orden, Guy ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Computation; Explanation; Interaction dominance; Universality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855978033     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01171.x     Document Type: Letter

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