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Is the “cognitive penetrability” criterion invalidated by contemporary physics?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Peter N. Kugler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 06268; Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Conn. 06510
M. T. Turvey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 06268; Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, Conn. 06510
Robert Shaw
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. 06268

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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