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Consciousness, not focal attention, is causally effective in human information processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

W. Trammell Neill
W. Trammell Neill
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Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530 Electronic mail: neill@auvax1.adelphi.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 406 - 407
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