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Side effects: Limitations of human rationality

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Keith Oatley
Keith Oatley
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Centre for Applied Cognitive Science, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5S 1V6 Electronic mail: [email protected]
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 24 - 25
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