Attribution of Causality to Common and Distinctive Elements of Compound Stimuli

Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 298-302

  Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84970103761     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00221.x     Document Type: Article

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