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The significance of neural noise for the concept of a mental event

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

W. R. Levick
W. R. Levick
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Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra City, ACT 2601, Australia
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 269
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