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Classical conditioning: The hegemony is not ubiquitous

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Harald Merckelbach  and
Marcel van den Hout
Harald Merckelbach
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University of Limburg, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands Electronic mail: h.merckelbach@ggk.rulimburg.nl
Marcel van den Hout
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health Sciences, University of Limburg, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands Electronic mail: h.merckelbach@ggk.rulimburg.nl
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 393
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