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Authors: PINKER, S.
Affiliations: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: PINKER, STEVEN
ORCID: PINKER, STEVEN
Venue: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1999-06
Volume: 882
Issue: 1
Pages: 119-127
ISSN: 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
1749-6632
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08538.x
OpenAlex: W2133735566
Cited by: 3,738
References: 0
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FWCI: 305.11
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 2442 d)
Locations: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: mind, cognition, cognitive processes, neuroscience of cognition
MeSH terms: Brain, Cognition, Humans, Mental Processes, Thinking, Vision, Ocular

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