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Feedback in the acquisition of language and other complex behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Graver J. Whitehurst  and
Janet E. Fischel
Graver J. Whitehurst
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794
Janet E. Fischel
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1988 , pp. 478 - 479
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