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Advances toward a biological theory of aversive learning: Flirtation or commitment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Dallas Treit  and
Marcia L. Spetch
Dallas Treit
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. 92037
Marcia L. Spetch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. 92037
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 1982 , pp. 684 - 685
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