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Sensory templates: Mechanism or metaphor?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Johan Bolhuis  and
Mark Johnson
Johan Bolhuis
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England
Mark Johnson
Affiliation:
MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London WC1H OAH, England
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 349 - 350
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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