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Explaining Cognitive Phenomena with Internal Representations: A Mechanistic Perspective

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|Apr 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2015-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6059 | Journal ISSN: 0860-150X
Language: English
Page range: 63 - 90
Published on: Apr 10, 2015
Published by: University of Białystok, Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
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