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The microscopic analysis of behavior: Toward a synthesis of instrumental, perceptual, and cognitive ideas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Stephen Grossberg
Stephen Grossberg
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Center for Adaptive Systems, Department of Mathematics, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 02215
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 594 - 595
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